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On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared\xa0and went to the tomb.\xa02\xa0They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,\xa03\xa0but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.\xa04\xa0While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning\xa0stood beside them.\xa05\xa0In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, \u201cWhy do you look for the living among the dead? 6\xa0He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:\xa07\xa0\u2018The Son of Man\xa0must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.\u2019\xa0\u201d8\xa0Then they remembered his words. Luke 24:1-12 (NIV)

17\xa0On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.\xa018\xa0Now Bethany\xa0was less than two miles from Jerusalem,\xa019\xa0and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20\xa0When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 21\xa0\u201cLord,\u201d Martha said to Jesus, \u201cif you had been here, my brother would not have died.\xa022\xa0But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.\u201d 23\xa0Jesus said to her,\xa0\u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d 24\xa0Martha answered, \u201cI know he will rise again in the resurrection\xa0at the last day.\u201d25\xa0Jesus said to her,\xa0\u201cI am\xa0the resurrection and the life.\xa0The one who believes\xa0in me will live, even though they die;\xa026\xa0and whoever lives by believing\xa0in me will never die.\xa0Do you believe this?\u201d 27\xa0\u201cYes, Lord,\u201d she replied, \u201cI believe that you are the Christ,\xa0the Son of God, who is to come into the world.\u201d 28\xa0After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. \u201cThe Teacher\xa0is here,\u201d she said, \u201cand is asking for you.\u201d\xa029\xa0When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him\u2026 \xa032\xa0When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d 33\xa0When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved\xa0in spirit and troubled.\xa034\xa0\u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d\xa0he asked. \u201cCome and see, Lord,\u201d they replied. 35\xa0Jesus wept. 36\xa0Then the Jews said, \u201cSee how he loved him!\u201d 37\xa0But some of them said, \u201cCould not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?\u201d 38\xa0Jesus, once more deeply moved,\xa0came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.\xa039\xa0\u201cTake away the stone,\u201d\xa0he said. \u201cBut, Lord,\u201d said Martha, the sister of the dead man, \u201cby this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.\u201d 40\xa0Then Jesus said,\xa0\u201cDid I not tell you that if you believe,\xa0you will see the glory of God?\u201d 41\xa0So they took away the stone\u2026 Then Jesus looked up\xa0and said,\xa0\u201cFather,\xa0I thank you that you have heard me.\xa042\xa0I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,\xa0that they may believe that you sent me.\u201d 43\xa0When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice,\xa0\u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d\xa044\xa0The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,\xa0and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them,\xa0\u201cTake off the grave clothes and let him go.\u201d John 11:17-44 (NIV)

1. When death is reversed, LOVE IS REALIZED.
2. When death is reversed, LIBERTY IS RECLAIMED.
3. When death is reversed, LIFE IS REDEEMED.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!\xa0In his great mercy\xa0he has given us new birth\xa0into a living hope\xa0through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,\xa04\xa0and into an inheritance\xa0that can never perish, spoil or fade.\xa0This inheritance is kept in heaven for you\u2026 1 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)