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Lessons From the Cross - The Cross Rescues My Life

TRUTH: Jesus is alive and I can have hope!

April 21, 2019

TRUTH: Jesus is alive and I can have hope!

1. Jesus life brings hope to all who are fearful
John 19:38-39 :: After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

2. Jesus life brings hope to all who are marginalized
John 20:1 :: Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

3. Jesus life brings hope to all who are failing
John 20:3 :: So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

4. Jesus life brings hope to all who are denying
John 20:8 :: Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed

5. Jesus life brings hope to all who are doubting
John 20:25 :: So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”