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Welcome to Day 2189 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 41 \u2013 Reactions to the Resurrection \u2013 Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 01/01/2023\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 Part 5: Vindication of the Word \u2013 Reactions to the Resurrected Lord\nToday is a new year, a new beginning as we continue our series on the Good News according to John the Apostle. Before we started our Advent series, we celebrated resurrection day when the disciples found the tomb of Jesus empty.\n\nJanuary 1st is a perfect day to begin the final three messages from John. It was a new beginning for all the followers of Christ. As the Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:17, \u201cThis means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The\xa0old\xa0life is\xa0gone; a new life has begun!\u201d Today, we will examine the Reactions to the Resurrected Lord. Our scripture for today is John 20:11-31. I will back up and include verse 10 in our last message. Follow along as I read, starting with verse 10.\n\n\xa0Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene\n\nNow Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb\xa0\xa0and saw two angels in white,\xa0seated where Jesus\u2019 body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.\n\nThey asked her, \u201cWoman, why are you crying?\u201d\n\n\u201cThey have taken my Lord away,\u201d she said, \u201cand I don\u2019t know where they have put him.\u201d\xa0At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,\xa0but she did not realize that it was Jesus.\n\n\xa0He asked her,\xa0\u201cWoman, why are you crying?\xa0Who is it you are looking for?\u201d\n\nThinking he was the gardener, she said, \u201cSir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.\u201d\n\nJesus said to her,\xa0\u201cMary.\u201d\n\nShe turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,\xa0\u201cRabboni!\u201d\xa0(which means \u201cTeacher\u201d).\n\nJesus said,\xa0\u201cDo not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers\xa0and tell them, \u2018I am ascending to my Father\xa0and your Father, to my God and your God.\u2019\u201d\n\nMary Magdalene\xa0went to the disciples\xa0with the news: \u201cI have seen the Lord!\u201d And she told them that he had said these things to her.\n\nJesus Appears to His Disciples\n\n\xa0On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,\xa0Jesus came and stood among them and said,\xa0\u201cPeace\xa0be with you!\u201d\xa0After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.\xa0The disciples were overjoyed\xa0when they saw the Lord.\n\nAgain Jesus said,\xa0\u201cPeace be with you!\xa0As the Father has sent me,\xa0I am sending you.\u201d\xa0\xa0And with that he breathed on them and said,\xa0\u201cReceive the Holy Spirit.\xa0If you forgive anyone\u2019s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.\u201d\n\n<span style="color:...