Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio I am sending you (John 20:19-22)   A. Not because you are special 1. You are easily frightened (19a) 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, 2. You are filled with joy when you see the Lord (19b-20) Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.   B. Because you are loved 1. As messengers of peace (21) Early on the…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio Jesus, Where Are You? (John 20:1-16)   A. Jesus’ absence 1. A visit to prepare for burial (1, 2) Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 2. A visit for confirmation (3-10) So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio Jesus Died (Mark 15:33-37, Isaiah 53:6, John 10:11-16)   1. In despair (Mark 15:33-37) 33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” 36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Inhabitants of God’s House (Matthew 21:12-16)    12 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “`My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a `den of robbers.’ “ 14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Faith Produces Joy (Philippians 2:12-18, Matthew 5:3-12, 13-16)  A. Trusting the Lord in our distrust (12-16a) 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed―not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence―continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in…