Bible Readings:
John 20:1-31
Sermon Outline:
John 20:14–16 (NKJV)
14 Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).
I The Garden of Joy
Genesis 2:15 (NKJV)
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
II The Garden of Sorrows
John 18:1–2 (NKJV)
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples.
III The Garden of Life
John 20:1 (NKJV)
1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
Man was made to dwell in a garden, but his sin has turned it into a wilderness.
John Blanchard
Man lost his freedom in the garden of Eden.
He is free to sin, but he is not free not to sin.
Brian Edwards
Man today is as rotten as he was the moment he fell in the Garden of Eden.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological wilderness.
A. W. Tozer