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Luke 8:1-3 – After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. SERMON POINT # 1 – JESUS INVITED MARY MAGDALENE TO BE ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES SERMON POINT #2 – SHE HELPED FUND THE MINISTRY OF JESUS John 20:1-3, 11-16 - Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). SERMON POINT #3 – SHE RECOGNIZED THE RISEN JESUS WHEN HE CALLED HER BY NAME John 20:17-18 - Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. SERMON POINT #4 – JESUS CHOSE MARY MAGADALENE TO BE THE FIRST WITNESS TO THE RESURRECTION SERMON POINT #5 – JESUS CAN SET YOU FREE FROM WHAT CLINGS TO YOU OR TORMENTS YOU SERMON POINT #6 – WOMEN ARE ALWAYS TO BE HONORED AND RESPECTED IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS Galatians 3:28-29 – There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. SERMON POINT #7 – WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU, IT NATURALLY LEADS TO WORSHIP AND GENEROSITY John 19:25 – Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. SERMON POINT #8 – JESUS IS IN THE BUSINESS OF REWRITING STORIES