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3. All stooped and looked in ; has stooping anything to do with believingT Matt. 11:25-30. 4. What did Peter note in the tomb, vs. 6 , 7. 5. How had the Body been treated? John 19:40. 6 . How is this condition described else where? John 11:44. 7. What naturally would be necessary to free Him? John 11:44. 8 . How was John affected by these con ditions? v. 8 . 9. Had you seen that empty cocoon (!) what would you have said? Matt: 28:6. (Ill) At the Tomb; the Personages, vs. 10 - 16 . (1) Peter and John: 1. Where did we leave them? John 18:15-17. 2. Had John probably prayed for - , Peter? 1 John 5:16. (2) Mary: 1. Why did she weep? v. 13. 2. Was her answer well founded? Matt. 28 :13. 3. Where was the proof of her error? v. 16. 4. How much of our weeping is base less, useless, faithless, blinding? (3) The Angels: 1. Were they about their duty? Psa. 91:11. 2. Had He trampled the dragon? Psa. 91:13. 3. What did the angels think of Mary’s weeping ?
4. What might they have been think ing of? 1 Peter 1:12. (4) The Lord: 1. Why did she not know Him? Luke 24:16. 2. What prompted her to offer to do aji impossible thing ? 1 Cor. 13:7. 3. Did He speak to her tenderly? v. 16. 4. Did she answer Him worshipfully? v. 16. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) Mary could not sleep; she could not be satisfied while separated from her Lord. (2) What disclosures await us at the dawn of the new day! (3) Weeping endureth for a night; but joy cometh in the morning, (4) Angels cannot satisfy the hearts of those who seek the risen Lord. (5) Christ was the first fruits—the wave sheaf; the harvest must be of like character. (1 Cor. 15:20). ( 6 ) The proof of His resurrection, was His personal appearance; the proof of our resurrection life is our vic tory over sin. (7) His sheep hear His voice; He is known to His own. ( 8 ) The tomb is the birthplace of belief. (1 Cor. 15:3, 4). . (9) Christ lives today in the land of light. (10) Mass the testimony of the empty tomb.
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