Message Notes

October 25, 2026
Teacher: Mike Laughrun

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John 19:40-42
(40) So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. (41) Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. (42) So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.  

 John 20:1-18
(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. (2) So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” (3) So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. (4) Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

(5) And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. (6) Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, (7) and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

(8) Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; (9) for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

(10) Then the disciples went back to their homes.(11) But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. (12) And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. (13) They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

(14) Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. (15) Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she 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 in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

(17) Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father;but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'”

(18) Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”–and that he had said these things to her.  

Big Truth:
Jesus is the Risen Savior

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The Promise of the Resurrection:

Big Idea:
The resurrection of Christ fulfills the promise of Scripture.

John 20:8-9
(8) Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; (9) for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

From the Psalms
Psalm 16:9-11
(9) Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. (10) For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. (11) You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

From the Prophets
Jonah 1:17
And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Hosea 6:1-2
(1) “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. (2) After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

From Jesus Himself
John 2:19-22
(19) Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (20) The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” (21) But he was speaking about the temple of his body. (22) When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

The Implications of the Resurrection:

Big Idea:
The resurrection of Jesus demonstrates His authority over life and death.

John 10:18
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.

Revelation 1:17- 18
(17) When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, (18) and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

John 11:25-26
(25) Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, (26) and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Big Idea:
The resurrection of Jesus divinely declares the sufficiency of His atoning work on the cross.

Romans 4:24-25
… Jesus our Lord, (25) who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

By raising Christ from the dead, God the father was in effect saying that he approved of Christ’s work of suffering, and dying for our sins, that his work was completed, there was no penalty left to pay for sin, no more wrath of God to bear, no more guilt or liability to punishment – all had been completely paid for!
Wayne Grudem

Big Idea:
The resurrection of Jesus ensures resurrection life for all who believe.

John 14:19
… because I live, you will live also.

John 20:31
(31) but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Resurrection Life from the Dead
1 Peter 1:3
(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Ephesians 2:1, 4-6
(1) And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, … (4) But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, (5) even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), (6) and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Romans 8:11
(11) If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Resurrection Life to Walk
Romans 6:3-4
(3) Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? (4) Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:5
(5) For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

Romans 6:8, 10-11
(8) Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, … (10) For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. (11) Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:12-13
(12) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, (13) and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Resurrection Life to Live Forever with Him in Glory
Colossians 3:1-4
(1) If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (2) Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (3) For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (4) When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

How do we respond?

Believe
John 19:35
He who saw it has borne witness–his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth–that you also may believe.

Pray
Ephesians 1:16, 18-20
(16) I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, … (18) having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (19) and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might (20) that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Proclaim
Acts 4:33
(33) And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.  

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