It's great to See all of you here today. Thank you so much for choosing to, worship with us this morning and what an event that we're gathered here today and every Sunday of the year to celebrate. This is why we worship on Sundays in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and of all Sundays, this is the day, where we give special focus to this reality, this event in human history. of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
And to that end, I wanna invite you, if you brought your Bibles with you to turn in your Bibles to John chapter 20. John chapter 20, we're gonna be looking at verses 1 through 18 this morning, and if you want to give a title to the message, it would be Mary Magdalene Experiences the resurrection. We're gonna see the event of the resurrection from her perspective as she encountered the risen Christ for the very first time. On Monday of this week, I was on Facebook and I saw a video that someone had posted, so I, I watched the video.
It was a video of a woman. Who was receiving, she had received a cochlear ear implant enabling her to hear for the first time in her life. And I'm a sucker for these videos. on most of these videos, the person breaks down emotionally and weeps when they hear for the first time because it is such an overwhelming and powerful experience, for, them.
And in this particular, video, The technician turns the dial. On the implant and suddenly the woman with the implant quietly laughs. And then she begins to cry as soon as she hears her own laugh. Then she begins to cry all the more as she hears herself crying....
