Winners and Losers: Part 24 - Mary Magdalene:
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Mary Magdalene: A Woman Who Adored Jesus
I. Who Was She? Mt 27:56, 61; 28:1; Mk 15:40,47; 16:1-19; Lk 8:2; 24:10; Jn 19:25; 20:1-18.
A. Where did she live? She lived in ____________ a town on the coast of the Sea of Galilee, 3 mi. W. of Capernaum.
B. When did she live? She lived in the time of ____________ in the ___ century A. D.
C. Who were her people? Scripture says _____________ about her family.
D. Was she rich or poor? She must have been __________ (see Lk 8:3).
II. What did she do?
A. She was freed.
1. What was she physically freed from in Mk 16:9 and Lk 8:2,3?
a. She was freed from __________ _____________. How many? _____.
b. According to Lk 8:2 she may have had some kind of ___________ as well.
*This next section is optional:
1) Ailments the Bible says may be caused by demons are:
a) ______________ (Mt 17:15-19).
b) ________________ (Mt 9:32,33).
c) _______________(Mt 12:22).
d) ______________ (Lk 13:10,16).
2) Another affliction is _____________ (Jn 10:20) which leads people to become ____________ (Mt 8:28) toward others or to hurt ________________ (Mk 5:5; 9:22; Mt 17:15).
2. What was she spiritually freed from? Spiritually she was freed from the penalty of ______.
a. How do we know she became a believer?
1) She left everything and ________________ Jesus (Lk 23:55; Jn 12:26).
2) We know because she ________________ Jesus out of her own means (Lk 8:3; see Lk 12:34).
3) She was a _____________ (Mt 28:7).
b. What does the Bible say we become when we repent of our sins and place our faith in Jesus? We become ______ ______________ (2Co 5:17) because we’ve been ________ __________ (Jn 3:3).
B. She was a follower.
1. She had followed Jesus from ____________ (Lk 23:55).
a. When did she meet Jesus? She probably met Jesus in Galilee after the arrest of ________ ____ __________, when Jesus began His public ministry in Capernaum (Mt 4:12,13; Mk 1:14-27).
b. Why did she follow Jesus?
1)). She __________ Jesus (1Jo 4:19; see Lk 8:38; Mk 5:18).
2) Only Jesus had ____ ________ __ ____________ _____ (Jn 6:68).
2. She __________ for His needs (Lk 8:3).
3. She did not _______ ________ from _____________ teachings (Jn 6:60-69).
C. She was faithful.
1. She remained with Jesus until the end:
a. At Calvary she ___________ ______ _ ___________(Mk 15:40).
b. Then she moved closer to be ________ ___ ________ (Jn 19:25).
2. After His death she:
a. located His ________ (Mt 28:1; Mk 15:47).
b. She ___________ His tomb (Mt 27:61).
c. She purchased _________ with which to anoint Jesus (Mk 16:1 Jn 20:1). When did she use them? __ ___ _______ ___ __ ___ _____ (Mk 16:2).
d. She was the first to see the ________ _______ (Mk 16:9).
e. She reported the ________________ to the ___________ (Lk 24:10; Jn 20:18).
f. She saw His ___________ into the clouds (Lk 24:51).
III. What Can We Learn From Her?
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