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When Mary saw the risen Christ,

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she was weeping outside the tomb.

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This is today in the Word Moody Bible Institute's

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daily devotional. And I'm John Geiger with today's

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reading. Hoping your day is going smoothly.

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Some days, don't you know? Well,

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back to our story. Two angels appeared at

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that tomb and the question they asked

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was sincere why should

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Christ's disciples weep since Jesus

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had been raised from the dead, just as he

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said? But they were also meant

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to help Mary help her

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understand what had happened. Jesus

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questions are as leading as the angels.

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It's not hard to imagine that he asked them

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with a smile, especially when Jesus,

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whose body Mary was seeking, asks,

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who is it you are looking for? Mary

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didn't recognize her savior at first.

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Maybe her eyes were blinded by tears,

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or perhaps it was simply due to the incongruity

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of seeing him alive outside

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of his own tomb. It's fitting

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that the sound of Jesus calling her name

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was what enabled Mary to recognize her

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risen Lord. Jesus had said that

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the Good Shepherd's sheep follow

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him because they know his name,

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because they know his voice. When

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he calls them by name, they respond

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in faith and follow him. Today

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in the word, we hear Mary's fabulous testimony

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in John 20, verse 18. I

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have seen the Lord. John

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may have been the first to believe that Jesus

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had risen from the dead, but Mary

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was the first disciple to see the risen

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Christ. She was also the first person

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to be commissioned by Christ to bear witness

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to what she had seen. Have

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you made Jesus in charge of your life?

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The Bible word is Savior. If you've never

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done that, you'd like to be forgiven of your wrongdoing

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made right with God. That can happen today

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and a friend will be glad to pray with you. Now

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when you call eight, eight, eight need

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him, 888 need

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him.