I want to take up the second part of our study on the empty tomb. What effect does it have on you? Our text is John chapter 20 verses 1 through 10. I want us to notice, first of all, the song, He Lives. Let me read to you the first stanza. I serve a risen Savior. He's in the world today. I know that He is living. Whatever men may say, I see his hand of mercy, I hear his voice of cheer, And just the time I need him, he's always near. Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, lift up your voice and sing Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the King! The hope of all who seek Him, the help of all who find, None other is so loving, so good, and kind. Yes, my friend, the Lord Jesus Christ, He lives. We saw last time the day of the resurrection was the Lord's Day, Sunday, the first day of the week. It's a day in which the New Testament church meets to hear the Word of God, meets to have fellowship one with another. The second thing I want us to notice about this passage is the despondency of those who came to the empty tomb. In John chapter 20, we see in verse 1 that Mary Magdalene came, she saw the stone that was taken away from the sepulcher. But rather than taking note that Jesus Christ was alive, it says in verse 2, she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, they have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. Mary saw the stone rolled away, she saw the empty tomb, but she did not view it with the eye of faith. Mary saw the material, empty tomb, but she did not see the reality of the resurrection. How many on this resurrection day see an empty tomb, but they miss the reality. The soldiers and the religious leaders of whom we read in Matthew chapter 28 verses 11 through 15 certainly missed the reality of the empty tomb. There is such a group known as the Jesus Seminar and on their website it says that the Jesus Seminar consists of those, and I quote now, scholars with advanced degrees in biblical studies, religion, or related fields, and who are recognized authorities in the field of religion." End of quote. I say to you, beware of the authorities. This group, known as the Jesus Seminar, supposedly teaches Christianity, but on that same website they say this, and I quote, The gospel stories about Easter are not historical accounts but religious myths. Peter and John, according to the scriptures here, saw but did not believe. Seeing is not always believing. An unbelief leads to despondency. We who have come to know the Lord Jesus Christ are to, according to 2 Corinthians 5, 7, to walk by faith, not by sight. We are saved by faith, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the work that Jesus did, and we are to live by faith. That great chapter of faith in Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 7 tells us of Noah. that he was warned of God of things not seen as yet. And yet he did not see those things, he was warned of God, and he moved with fear. He prepared an ark to the saving of his house by the which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness, which is by faith. In the next verse it says that by faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place, He went out not knowing whether he went. He went by faith. God told him he believed God. In verse 27 of that great chapter it says that Moses, by faith, forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. God is a spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. My friend, have you come to the empty tomb? Have you looked in? Have you seen an empty tomb where Jesus Christ broke forth? He is alive today, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We'll conclude this message or look at the remainder of this message in our next time together. But may I say to you, as Paul and Silas said to that Philippian jailer, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.