From Sorrow to Indestructible Joy

                  Rev. Bruce Brown     

                                  John 20:11-18                            

I.   The Weeping of Genuine Love  (verses 11-13)

II.  The Workings of a Sorrowful Heart  (verses 14-17)

III. The Worship of Indestructible Joy  (verse 18)

“Let us leave the passage with the comfortable reflection that Jesus Christ never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. As He dealt with His erring disciples in the morning of His resurrection, so will He deal with all who believe and love Him, until He comes again. When we wander out of the way He will bring us back. When we fall He will raise us again. But he will never break His royal word--"Him that comes to Me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37.) The saints in glory will have one anthem in which every voice and heart will join--"He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities." (Psalm 103:10.)” ~  J.C. Ryle