“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
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… which is to say teacher. Jesus said, do not cling to me for I've not yet ascended to my father and to my brethren and say to them, I'm ascending to my father and your father to my God and your God. I love this story. She doesn't know who it is. and suddenly he says her name as only Jesus would say it. Mary. Oh, Jesus. And she grabs him and he says, don't cling to me. Now this is fascinating because Jesus never told anyone to stay away from him and in the Greek it's literally stop clinging to me. So was it because she grabbed him so tightly it hurt? Like ow, you're cutting the circulation off. Grabbing me so hard. I doubt it. I think he was saying something deeper. He was saying, Mary, it's a new covenant. It's a new ball game. Don't cling to me in the old way. I know before you could reach out and touch me, but it's gonna be better now, Mary. …
I'm in John 20, verse 17. my subject is the same but different the same but different to set the scene this is the evening of the Sunday morning when Jesus has been resurrected he's had an encounter with Mary in which he has revealed himself after coming out of the tomb when many were beginning to believe that all hope was lost and that Jesus was gone forever, he's been resurrected. And though he has been resurrected, there are yet some things that are not quite in alignment yet. So he spends 40 days on the earth getting things prepared before his ascension. And when we meet him in John 20, verse 17, he's talking to Mary coming out of the tomb. And he says to Mary, do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my father. But go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my father and your father and to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had spoken these things to her. She went and told them exactly what he said. Then the same day at evening, beginning the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where their disciples were assembled for the fear of the Jews, the disciples are hiding. …
… Rabbani, which means teacher. And Jesus said to her, do not cling to me, for I've not yet ascended to the father, but go to my brothers and say to them, I am ascending to my father and your father, to my God and your God. And Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, I have seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her. That's the proclamation of Easter. I have seen the Lord. I have heard him call my name and I've seen him. I've had a revelation. I've had my eyes open. The dots have all connected now. I'd heard about him, but now I've seen him. I've heard the stories about him, but now I've seen him and I believe in him. That's what Easter is all about. It's what Passion City Church is all about. When you came into the gathering at Cumberland today or came into the gathering here at 515, you saw light bulbs on the wall. And a lot of you around Passion City Church, you know what that's all about. …
… clean it up but jesus said to her mary she turned and said to him in aramaic rabboni which means teacher. Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father, but go to my brothers. Wouldn't that be something? You're one of the ones who just denied Jesus while he was on the cross, and he calls you his brother. What a wonderful Savior. What a merciful God. What a and compassionate creator and redeemer. What a faithful friend. Don't cling to me, but go tell my brothers, I am ascending to my father and your father, to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, listen to this, I have seen the Lord. I feel like she said it with a little bit of a, and you didn't kind of attitude behind it. Somebody say, I have seen the Lord. She told them that I have seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her. Go back to verse 1 for just a moment. I'll give you my title. Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early while it was still dark and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. …
… means teacher. 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. This is the gospel. God in human form died for your sin, descended to the grave defeated death and hell awoke holding the keys to death hell and the grave and he heard
She turned and said to him, Rabboni, which in Hebrew means teacher. Jesus said to her, do not hold on to me because I've not yet ascended to the father, but go to my brothers and say to them, I'm ascending to my father and to your father, to my God and to your God. Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, I've seen the Lord. And she told them that he had said these things to her. This is the word of God. For you, the people of God, thanks be to God. Mary mistook Jesus for a gardener. I suppose that makes sense. After all, she'd been crying. Mary came to the garden early that morning, clutching a fistful of daffodils. She came to visit the tomb of her dear friend, a big-hearted drifter who spent his days throwing an encouraging arm around downtrodden souls, breaking bread with hungry folk, telling people stories about love. Mary Magdalene mistook Jesus for a gardener. I suppose that makes sense. …
… There's a number of places where Jesus says, I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. Do you ever notice how carefully Jesus in the Gospels does not say our Father, except in the Lord's Prayer when he's telling us how to pray? He doesn't say our Father. He says my Father and your Father, my God and your God, to try to show you something you must be careful of. We're adopted into the family of God, but that doesn't mean we actually come into the Godhead. It doesn't mean we actually get absorbed and become God. Eastern religions will tell you that. By the way, The Course of Miracles talks about sonship, and it bothers me quite a bit. It talks about becoming a son of God, but it means merging in with the Godhead. It means the same thing that Shirley MacLaine means when she says, you are God. Create your own reality. You see, the difference between saying I'm adopted into the family of God and saying I actually am merging into God is rather different. …