The Tomb Is Empty- Now What? Series

if we look at everything going on in the world (explain) and see it through the eyes of the world we will worry ourselves sick, but if we see it as the stage being set for the coming of the king of Kings and Lord of Lords we can say come what may my God is in Control and I am marching to Zion beautiful beautiful Zion

I will not fret about the worlds economic situation, my god supplieth my need according to his riches in glory

I will not worry about nation rising against nation because I serve the prince of peace

I will not loose sleep over who wins the election and who looses because the government is on his shoulders

there are a lot of things we can assume but only one that we can be sure of and that is that Gods word is true Jesus is alive and he's coming back for me

Second, Peter sees only the facts

Look at Peters reaction in verse 6, “Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there and the face cloth which had been on Jesus head, not lying with th linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

We have a saying that goes like this “give me the facts just the facts.”

Peter sees only the facts the gave clothes are here and the napkin is folded up by itself

lets stop there for just a minute. “If the body was stolen they wouldn't have taken the time to fold the grave clothes up.”

Thieves are not the neatest people in the world In other words people don't break into your house and fold your laundry

all the evidence is pointing to a miracle but Peter just sees the facts but doesn't draw a conclusion

We have people like this today- they know all the facts about the Bible but they never draw the conclusion. They never come to faith in Christ

I've even seen people go to the doctor be diagnosed with cancer go to surgery only to be told they couldn't find the cancer. But never come to the conclusion that a miracle took place

they say Dr. made a mistake, or just give the facts

I can give you Bible facts all day and we can quiz each other back and forth but my goal is not that you memorize a bunch of facts but that you see the evidence, the facts of scripture are pointing to a risen savior who wants you to be saved from your sin and spend eternity with him in heaven

see eventually everyone needs to make that step of faith and say not only I see the tomb is empty but I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, that he died for my sins and that he was raised by the power of God for my salvation

the tomb is empty but it is pulling us to make a decision of faith

Third, John who believes

look in verse 8, “Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first, also went in and he saw and believed.”

this disciple is John, he never mentioned himself by name but what John saw in the tomb caused him to believe

this is the same type of saving faith that we must have in order to be saved

Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.