I M BACK Mark 16:1-13 1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter (THAT I M BACK) that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid V6 & V7 Go Tell His Disciples & Peter (I m Back) - Tell your neighbor I m Back, I m Back 1 INTRO: This story is in all 4 Gospels -The scene is Sunday Morning - The day after the Sabbath - Mary & Mary Magdalen go the Tomb of Jesus on the First day of the week -To anoint Jesus w/spices for burial On their way there, There # 1 Concern/Question WHO WILL ROLL THE STONE AWAY? -Who Is Going to Roll the Stone Away Between Us & Jesus -Who Is Going to Take Away the Obstacle? Between Me & My Destiny -Who Is Going to Remove the Obstruction. Between Me & My Purpose -Who Is Going to Remove the Stumbling Block. Between Me & My Goal One of the Things I like about These Ladies - regardless of what they didn t know HOW the Stone was going to be Moved away They Still kept on going Forward it Didn t Hold Them Back it Didn t Stop Them from Go On 2
3 4 the Bible Says That by the Time THEY GET TO THE TOMB the OBSTACLE HAD BEEN ROLLED AWAY -Sometimes, Church, You Have to Press Forward Regardless - If You Don t Feel like it - If it Don t Make Sense to You - If People Have Lied on You - If People Have Talked about You - If You Have Even Got Hurt - You May Not Be Able To See Your Way - But if you JUST KEEP PRESSING FORWARD - GOD WILL MAKE A WAY You May not have enough Strength to make if all the way -But by the Time You Get to Where YOU CANT GO NO MORE -GOD WILL REMOVE THE OBSTRUCTION OUT OF THE WAY Hey WAM Don t wait until I get to the End of my Sermon to Shout. -I have already given you Shouting Material & the Shouting Material is this By the Time you get to where you have to Go God Would Have Already Moved The Obstacle out of the Way -By the Time you get to where God Wants you to be -THE OBSTACLE will already be out of your way -You See God Says If You Get to Where You Need to Be -Your don t have to worry about your Burden -You don t have to worry about how your going to pay your bills. - You don t have to worry about How your situation is going to get fixed GOD S JOB IS TO HANDLE THE STONE YOUR JOB IS TO KEEP ON MOVING - Tell Your Neighbor KEEP ON MOVING - Cause by the Time You Get to the Tomb The Stone will already be Rolled away - You don t have to wait to see the Stone to Shout - You Should Shout Right Now on the Fact That God Has Rolled the Stone Away As They Approached the Tomb -The Bible Says That the Stone, Blockage Obstruction, Hindrance Has Already Been Rolled Away
HEY THE THING THAT HAS BEEN STANDING Between You & Your Destiny God Has Sent Me to Tell You That after Tonight Every Obstacle, Struggle, Heartache Will Be Rolled Away Tell Someone It s Rolled Away -YOUR PASS IS ROLLED AWAY -YOUR BACKSLIDING IS ROLLED AWAY -YOUR GUILT IS ROLLED AWAY -YOUR REPROACH IS ROLLED AWAY -YOUR SHAME IS ROLLED AWAY Put Your Hand on Your Neighbor & Tell Them I Have Good News for You Your Pass Is Rolled Away -Hey By the Time they got to the Tomb... Tell someone The next Move is not your Move the Next Move is going to be GOD S MOVE -Hey FRIDAY WAS THE DEVILS MOVE -BUT SUNDAY WAS GOD S MOVE Although the STONE WAS LARGE/HEAVY/BIG SUPERNATURALLY It was Rolled away -Now the thing they were concerned about is removed & now they Have ACCESS 5 ACCESS: GOD IS GOING TO GIVE YOU ACCESS to places that you couldn t get to before -God is going to GIVE YOU ACCESS to Rooms & PLACES TO YOU NEVER HAD BEFORE -God is going to OPEN UP DOORS you could NEVER IMAGINE BEFORE -God is going to set some of you in POSITIONS Your not QUALIFIED/CAPABLE TO BE IN -BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THEM -Who would have thought you would be in the Place or Position you are in right Now -He s about to GIVE YOUR ACCESS -Take you INTO A NEW SEASON -Give you a NEW ANOINTING As they are there the BIBLE SAYS there is one who is SITTING ON THE RIGHT -& He tells them DON T BE AFRAID -The One you Seek is NOT HERE HE IS RISEN - Mark 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. HE IS RISEN / LOOK WHERE HE USE TO LAY HE NOT THE WAY HE USE TO BE 6
7 8 Hey I need someone to tell your neighbor //LOOK WHERE I USE TO BE// -& LOOK WHERE I AM TODAY -ONCE YOU LOOK WHERE THE LORD HAS BROUGHT YOU FROM -You don t need someone to pump you up -You don t need music to get you excited -Look what the Lord has done -Look what the Lord has brought me from -If you knew where He brought me from you would understand my PRAISE/GLORY/SHOUT Repeat after Me -The Devil is looking for you WHERE HE THOUGHT HE WOULD FIND YOU WHERE HE LAST PUT YOU WHERE HE LAST SAW YOU -HEY THEY DEVIL IS LOOKING FOR YOU WHERE HE THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE in THAT OLD DEAD STATE in THAT BOND PLACE in THAT TRAPPED LOCATION -But you Tell Him Na Na Na Na Nah You tell him I AM NO LONGER THERE -I AM ON LONGER IN CAPTIVITY -If you would JUST GIVE GOD GLORY for what God has done for me in the Last 6 month -I USE TO BE DEAD BUT NOW I AM ALIVE -V 8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; -They went out running Now JESUS TELLS THEM TO RUN & TELL THE DISCIPLES -1 The MASSIVE, CROWD, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY & GO the Disciples & TELL PETER -2 The Man/ the ONE, just that One the worry, cowards, fearful, hurting Go Tell it to the Man (PETER) (Your Name) John/Peter/Oscar/... Rick If you were the only one He would still come & Die 4 U COME ON THERE IS A WORD W/ MY NAME ON IT GOD LOVES US AS INDIVIDUALS -Why Peter Peter, Denied Him, / Judas Betrayed Him Hey the Difference between Peter & Judas Peter lived long enough to repent.
-But Peter Felt so Bad that he quit the Ministry Disappointed the Lord -he go s back to Fishing -HIS OLD LIFE STYLE -Hey DON T YOU THROW NO STONES AT PETER cause some of you have done the same thing You have walked away from the church you have walked away from ministry YOU LET GOD DOWN YOU LET DOWN THE CHURCH BUT MOST OF ALL YOU LET DOWN YOUR SELF -HE S GOES BACK FISHING -SOME OF YOU TRY TO GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM & FIND OUT THAT YOU FIND NO JOY THERE - BUT THE LORD SAYS GO TELL PETER -HE CALLS HIM BACK HOME -HE WANTS YOU BACK IN MINISTRY -HE STILL WANTS TO USE YOU SO NOW JESUS ASK PETER & SAYS DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE PETER FEED MY SHEEP / MY LAMBS 9-3 WHAT SHOULD I TELL PETER TELL HIM WHAT?? -What do I tell Peter TELL HIM I AM BACK NOW TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR Im back from FRUSTRATION BROKE/ BACKSLIDING/ DEPRESSION/ FEAR/ HURT / SICK -I VE BEEN DOWN FOR TO LONG FRUSTRATION BROKE / BACKSLIDED DEPRESSION / FEAR HURT / SICK WHAT EVER IM BEEN GOING THUR -I AM COMING OUT FINANCIAL HOLE SLUMP DEPRESSION Tell Someone I M BACK Mic 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. 10