San Diego First United
Methodist Church’s Daily Devotion for Monday, 14 April 2014 – Sunday, 20 April
2014 - by Craig Brown for Easter Sunday, 20 April 2014
Sermon theme for coming
Sunday (Lent) Lift High the Cross - Victory
Text to read: John 20:
Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still
dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. 2 Therefore she
ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and
said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know
where they have laid him!”
3 Therefore Peter and
the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. 4 They both ran
together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. 5
Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn’t enter in.
6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the
linen cloths lying, 7 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with
the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. 8 So then the other
disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. 9
For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10
So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
11 But Mary was standing
outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the
tomb, 12 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 They told her, “Woman, why are
you weeping?”
She said to them,
“Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid
him.” 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and
didn’t know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?”
She, supposing him to be
the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where
you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
16 Jesus said to her,
“Mary.”
She turned and said to
him, “Rabboni!”[a] which is to say, “Teacher!”[b]
17 Jesus said to her,
“Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers,
and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene came
and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these
things to her.
Footnotes:
a. John 20:16 Rabboni is
a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”
b. John 20:16 or, Master
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John Wesley’s
Notes-Commentary for
John 20:1-18
Verse 3
[3] Peter therefore went
forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
Peter went out — Of the
city.
Verse 6
[6] Then cometh Simon
Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes
lie,
Peter seeth the linen
clothes lie — and the napkin folded up - The angels who ministered to him when
he rose, undoubtedly folded up the napkin and linen clothes.
Verse 8
[8] Then went in also
that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and
believed.
He saw — That the body
was not there, and believed - That they had taken it away as Mary said.
Verse 9
[9] For as yet they knew
not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
For as yet — They had no
thought of his rising again.
Verse 10
[10] Then the disciples
went away again unto their own home.
They went home — Not
seeing what they could do farther.
Verse 11
[11] But Mary stood
without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked
into the sepulchre,
But Mary stood — With
more constancy. Mark 16:9.
Verse 16
[16] Jesus saith unto
her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say,
Master.
Jesus saith to her, Mary
— With his usual voice and accent.
Verse 17
[17] Jesus saith unto
her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my
brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to
my God, and your God.
Touch me not — Or
rather, Do not cling to me (for she held him by the feet,) Matthew 28:9. Detain
me not now. You will have other opportunities of conversing with me. For I am
not ascended to my Father - I have not yet left the world. But go immediately
to my brethren - Thus does he intimate in the strongest manner the forgiveness
of their fault, even without ever mentioning it. These exquisite touches, which
every where abound in the evangelical writings, show how perfectly Christ knew
our frame.
I ascend — He
anticipates it in his thoughts, and so speaks of it as a thing already present.
To my Father and your Father, to my God and your God - This uncommon expression
shows that the only - begotten Son has all kind of fellowship with God. And a
fellowship with God the Father, some way resembling his own, he bestows upon
his brethren. Yet he does not say, Our God: for no creature can be raised to an
equality with him: but my God and your God: intimating that the Father is his
in a singular and incommunicable manner; and ours through him, in such a kind
as a creature is capable of.
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Monday – On this day in
holy week, Jesus cleansed the temple.
What place does anger
have in your life?
Just or unjust?
Tuesday – On this day in
holy week, Jesus confronted religious leaders.
What makes for a person
of religious integrity?
Wednesday - On this day
in holy week, Jesus taught on taxes and giving. How are taxes and giving
different? Which has the most power?
Thursday - On this day
in holy week, Jesus instituted communion. What is the significance of communion
for you?
Friday - On this day in
holy week, Jesus died a criminals death. What meaning does the cross have for
you?
Saturday - On this day
in holy week, the world lay waiting in expectant hope. What are you hoping for
today? Why?
Sunday - Pray for those
in the grips of death that they might see a vision of Jesus, resurrected!
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2111 Camino del Rio
South
San Diego, CA 92108
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