Jesus the Key: Resurrection Unlocks Our Locked Hearts

No. No. He's stepping right into the midst of your anxiety, right into the midst of your grief, and he's calling your name. Look at his hands. Look at his side. He's defeated the grave. The worst thing isn't the last thing. You don't have to hide anymore. The tomb is empty. The doors have been bypassed. [00:45:20] (40 seconds)  #EmptyTombFreedom

And because he bears the scars, we have his peace. Isaiah says this, it's through his wounds that we are healed. His wounds are the key that unlocks us and heals us. The fear evaporates and now the room is full of joy. See, that's the good news of Easter that we have a living savior who loves us. [00:44:10] (34 seconds)  #WoundsBringHealing

Jesus gives them what they needed most in their panic state. A declaration, a peace. And after he said this, he he showed them his hands in his side. And in this moment, finally, the peace touches down in their soul, and they're overwhelmed, overjoyed. So why does he show them the scars? Because this piece that he gives them cost him his life. [00:43:04] (35 seconds)  #PeaceThroughScars

What does he say? Does he chastise them for hiding? Does he say to Peter, why did you deny me? His first words to these who are so full of fear, peace be with you. The Greek word here as a translation of a Hebrew word called shalom. Shalom be with you. That word is a complete soul encompassing peace. It abides in tranquility. [00:42:27] (37 seconds)  #ShalomPeace

Notice that Jesus didn't announce his resurrection through lightning bolts in the sky. He didn't march into Pilate's palace and demand an apology. The king of the universe just having defeated death and hell and disease and all that is sin chooses to reveal his victory by comforting a woman in the garden. And that's where Jesus always finds us. In our weeping, in our brokenness. [00:38:20] (43 seconds)  #FoundInBrokenness

It's interesting how someone says your name. Even in a crowded airport or a a bustling restaurant, you you can hear that name. And especially if it's someone's voice that you know, it triggered something deep within Mary, and that darkness, that that all all all of all that was weighing so heavy on her soul in an instant was transformed, and she got it. Rabboni, teacher. She had to hold on to him. Hope lives. [00:37:41] (39 seconds)  #CalledByName

And the good news is simply this, that this same Jesus who found them in that locked place and broke in to set them free is the same Jesus that finds us in our own locked places from time to time and sets us free from our anxiety and our worries and our grief. And so we'll follow their lead and see how Jesus interacts with them, finding hope that he'll interact that same way with us. [00:33:38] (31 seconds)  #JesusFindsUs

Because this piece that he gives them cost him his life. It's not some cheap piece that you put on a Hallmark card and declare to someone. Now this piece this peace cost him his whole life. His scars prove that the worst the world can do, betrayal and torture and death. The worst the world can do have the the the this anxiety that can still lock us up has been defeated. [00:43:34] (36 seconds)  #PeacePaidBySacrifice