...and the Church's response was Passion! Resurrection Sunday 2021 Today, as we focus upon the fact & meaning of Jesus’ resurrection, I felt it was appropriate to consider more than just what He did FOR us...but also, what our response to it should be...and that is of course a New Life lived in union with Him which produces the fruit of that union life - a new and approved character. We become LIKE Him. But there is more to it than even that! So I'm going to set before you some examples of how His resurrection was responded to by those who knew Him and see what we can learn from them. The figures I am going to use are Mary, Peter, Thomas and John. In the end, all of these believed in and honored the redemptive work of our Messiah Jesus, but the road from despair to belief was different for each...and each ended in a consuming passion for Christ and to fulfill the Father's will.