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April 6 - Mark 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Shawn here and it is Monday.
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  It is the 6th of April, but more importantly than that, it is
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  Easter Monday. Christ has risen.
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  He is risen indeed. Hallelujah.
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  This is the Easter Sunday reading.
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  I hope you are doing well. I hope you have had a fantastic
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  Easter weekend celebration, celebrating in whatever way is
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  your tradition, but most importantly getting to celebrate
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  with your community as we remember the incredible victory
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  that Jesus has won for us. And you're going to have to
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  excuse my voice, it is a little bit croaky because I have
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  preached 3 very loud and enthusiastic sermons today.
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  Just so excited about sharing the good news of Jesus
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  resurrection. And now that we have done that,
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  we are going to read Mark's Gospel account which is the last
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  chapter of the gospel of Mark. And then we are going to dive
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  into a whole new book of Joshua this week, but that is from
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  tomorrow. Today we read this beautiful
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  gospel account which is actually broken into 3 sections.
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  The first is the original manuscript.
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  Just this very brief 8 verses, then with the shorter ending and
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  then with a longer ending which was added to the later
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  manuscripts of Mark. I'm going to read it all and
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  I'll let you know what we're up to as we're going so that you
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  can kind of be tracking that. But how about let's dive into it
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  and read the wonderful news of our Lord and Saviour risen from
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  the dead this Easter day as captured in Mark chapter 16.
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  Saturday evening when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene,
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  Mary the mother of James and Salome went out and purchased
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  burial spices so they could anoint Jesus body.
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  Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to
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  the tomb. On the way they were asking each
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  other who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance
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  to the tomb. But as they arrived, they looked
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  up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been
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  rolled aside. When they entered the tomb, they
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  saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right
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  side. The women were shocked, but the
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  Angel said, don't be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of
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  Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn't here.
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  He is risen from the dead. Look, this is where they laid
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  his body. Now go and tell his disciples,
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  including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee.
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  You will see him there just as he told you before he died.
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  The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and
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  they said nothing to anyone because they were too
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  frightened. And this is where most ancient
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  manuscripts of Mark conclude. Here is the shorter ending of
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  Mark, which follows. Then they briefly reported all
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  of this to Peter and his companions.
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  Afterward, Jesus himself sent them out from east to West with
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  the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal
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  life. Amen.
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  And here is the longer ending of Mark, as found in later
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  manuscripts. After Jesus rose from the dead
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  early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was
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  Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he cast out seven demons.
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  She went to the disciples who were grieving and weeping and
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  told them what had happened. But when she told them that
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  Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they didn't believe
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  her. Afterward, he appeared in a
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  different form to two of his followers who were walking from
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  Jerusalem into the country. They rushed back to tell the
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  others, but no one believed them.
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  Still later he appeared to the 11 disciples as they were eating
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  together. He rebuked them for their
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  stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had
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  seen him after he had been raised from the dead.
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  And then he told them, go into all the world and preach the
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  good news to everyone. Anyone who believes and is
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  baptised will be saved, but anyone who refuses to believe
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  will be condemned. These miraculous signs will
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  accompany those who believe. They will cast out demons in My
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  name and they will speak in new languages.
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  They will be able to handle snakes with safety and if they
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  drink anything poisonous, it won't hurt them.
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  They will be able to place their hands on the sick and they will
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  be healed. When the Lord Jesus had finished
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  talking with them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down in
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  the place of honour at God's right hand.
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  And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the
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  Lord worked through them, confirming what he had said by
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  many miraculous signs. Ah, Jesus, you have indeed
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  risen. You are indeed the risen Lord of
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  the world and the Lord of our hearts, and you send us out now,
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  your followers, to let people know this incredible good news.
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  Our Holy Spirit embolden us to speak clearly about the faith we
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  have and everything that Jesus has done for us so that others
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  can hear this incredible news too.
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  But most importantly, we just thank you for giving up
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  everything and overcoming death because you love us.
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  And this is this beautiful free gift that you give us.
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  And all we need do is believe it.
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  And so we declare to you now, Lord Jesus, that we do believe
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  it and we are in awe of all that you have achieved.
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  How wonderful, conquering and risen Saviour.
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  And we pray this all in your name, Jesus, Amen.