2007 Annual Convention Sermon
Submitted by John Rollins on Sat, 01/20/2007 - 12:00am
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By:
Bishop-elect Mark Beckwith
1 Cor 12:12-27 Luke 4:14-21
The first verbal message of Easter in the Gospel of Mark is actually a commandment – do not fear. When the women arrived to anoint the body of Jesus on that first Easter morning, they found that the stone had been rolled away. Jesus was gone; and the women were told that he has been raised. “Do not fear”, an unknown young man tells them. But they were out of their minds with fear – they could not absorb all that they felt and heard and seen. And they left the tomb afraid.
