He is Risen

Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” – Luke 24:39

When Jesus was arrested, all of the disciples, fearing for their lives, ran away. All of them except for John. After three years of mentoring by the  Christ, they were cowards, milquetoast. When they should have stood for their Lord, when he needed them, they ran and hid.  But three days after the crucifixion, these very same disciples were emboldened champions, that went everywhere proclaiming Christ. 

From cowardice to courageous. From hiding to heroic. What happened that caused ALL unbelief to be removed from the hearts of these disciples?  

So powerful was this single event, that these men ultimately died as martyrs for their Faith in the Risen Christ!!!  If Christ did not die and rise from the dead, what then transformed these fearful, Christ deserters into fearless and powerful symbols of the truth? 

Something happened that was so profound and persuasive, that these men would die for Him.

The Resurrection!

Had these men not run before the crucifixion, and then witnessed the rising, the power of the truth would not have had the same sovereign authority. There is no greater gift from God than the resurrection.  NONE!

Take a moment to reflect on the final scene from the Passion:

The Resurrection from the Passion

The Resurrection on Twitter

"...knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." – Romans 6:9-11


Imagine our world had God not sent his only son to die for our sins.

Seeking and Following,

Dean

You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you, wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who dwells within you has something He wants to do through you wherever you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.