WHO ARE YOU REALLY LISTENING TO? | JOHN 20:17-18

MATTHEW 28:9-10/1John1:1-4/1Cor.2:6-16/Romans8:12-17/Eph.2:19-22VERSE 17: CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS and HIS FAMILY MEMBERS? 1. WHICH JESUS ARE YOU CLINGING TO? Earthly or Heavenly? Why this important to know? Do you know him as the Son of God/Savior yet? Do you call on him? Do you believe in him?  2. IN THE FAMILY BECAUSE OF JESUS’s RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD!!! He’s my Father and my God!!! We have been adopted into the family of God through Jesus!!! Nothing can ever destroy this relationship moving forward? Do you live with this can of confidence in Jesus? 3. WHO IS MY NEW FAMILY NOW? They are my brothers/sisters/fathers/mothers and children in God!!! No more like or dislike, it’s all about LOVE now!!! Jesus fixed it all so that we can dwell together until he comes back for us one day!!!VERSE 18: IS YOUR EVIDENCE UNSHAKABLE? 1. HOW TRUE IS YOUR EVIDENCE? Four different accounts of resurrection of Jesus(all independent of each other)-empty tomb/moved stone/undisturbed grave clothes!!! How Jesus appeared to variety of people(one woman/two women in the garden/wide variety of people-up to 500)1Cor.15:5-7 2. COME and LEARN WHAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN!!!-Jesus defeated death-It proves the essential doctrines of Christianity-It proves Jesus deity-It proves the only access to God is through Jesus-It proves that the only way to defeat sin is through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ-It proves that one day we will be united with Jesus and God beyond the grave-(John14:2-3)