“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.” – Matthew 28:6 “But mom, you promised!” my eight-year-old eyes widened as the words roared off her tongue while she sat with arms crossed and lips tight. I couldn’t remember what...
“He (Jesus) is not here, but is risen!” – Luke 24:6aJesus is ALIVE! He conquered the grave and rose from the dead, never to die again. Jesus destroyed Satan’s greatest weapon - the fear of death. Hallelujah! Praise God! What does Jesus’ victory over death mean for us?As I prayed...
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Unlimited: Jesus Rebukes the Eleven Sep 17, 2024 1280 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen (Mark 16:14, NIV).Mark continues to recount the list of the initial eyewitnesses to the resurrection of Christ.Finally, he appeared to the eleven. The disciples haven’t believed the report of the other two followers of Jesus who had met him on the road to Emmaus.This is why the Lord’s first words when he personally appears to them in the upper room are to rebuke them for their lack of faith, and for their stubborn refusal to believe.What does Rebuke means in this story?The words which Mark uses here are very strong. It literally means that Jesus “threw it into their teeth.” The work translated here as “stubborn refusal” literally means “hardness of heart.”When his own disciples don’t believe the Good News, after all the evidence, it’s serious business for Jesus!The Lord rebuked his disciples for stubbornly refusing to believe those who had brought them the Good News.It’s so important! – Eliezer GonzalezEli’s Reflection: The Lord will send his messengers into your life, again and again, bringing you the Good News of Calvary and the resurrection.
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Luke gives more of their story in the twenty-fourth chapter of his gospel.Mark is careful to list the resurrection appearances of Jesus in order because he is intent on recording the facts: true eyewitness testimony.There are two other very interesting elements in these verses. This shows us that Christ’s resurrected body was not exactly identical to his earthly body.Make note of how Mark continually highlights the unbelief of the disciples, even in the face of multiple eyewitness reports.That resurrection morning, Jesus challenged his disciples again and again, in different ways, to believe that he had risen from the dead. So you see, Jesus tries again.This highlights the spiritual principle that God will lead us again and again into the specific area of our lives that most challenges our faith.
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Because he has risen, Jesus is going ahead of you, defeating every enemy, and opening every door, so that you may pass through victoriously as he has done.
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Who would roll the stone away? It’s almost as if the women only thought of this on the way to the tomb. Would the Women Roll the Stone Away?
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The Eye-Witnesses to the Burial. The greatest historical claim of Christianity is that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.This was an absurd claim to make. When Mark wrote this, these weren’t just eyewitnesses in history, but real people, who were still alive, and who could be cross-examined.
First Corinthians 15:50 declares, “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.” 15:52 adds, “the trumpet will sound, and the d…
QUALITIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: The Spirit of God does not die By Babatope Babalobi babalobi@yahoo.com +234 80 35 897435 Save the World Christian ministry App: Join WhatsApp Prayer Group: 1…
Psalm 118:22, speaking about Jesus Christ: “The stone which the builders rejected / Has become the head of the corner.” The Lord Jesus quoted this in Matt. 21:42 and Luke 20:17. The Jew…
New Jerusalem is a city “having the glory of God” (Rev. 21:11). New Jerusalem is also a city in resurrection, a city fully constituted with the resurrection life, having no element of t…
The recent posts have focused on new, newness, and renewing in the New Testament. The eternal outcome of these items is the new creation, consisting of a new heaven and a new earth in Revelation 21…
in Revelation 21:1-2 John writes, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth…And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. New Jerusalem, composed of God mingled …
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Jesus was surrounded by his enemies and by traps on every side. The religious elite of Jerusalem were looking to discredit him in the eyes of the people. In the time of Jesus, the Jewish people were split into many different sects and religious factions, and there were many different views about what happened after death. The Pharisees believed in the resurrection of the dead at the last day, but the Sadducees, who controlled Jerusalem and the temple, didn’t believe in the idea of resurrection of all. So, the Sadducees decided to trap him on this point, putting to him a far-fetched scenario of a woman who successively marries seven brothers. On the day of resurrection, whose wife would she be? If Jesus nominated any of the seven brothers, the Sadducees would then be able to ridicule him in front of the people. It wasn’t that they wanted to know. They were just out to get him.
Revelation 1:5 proclaims that “Jesus Christ [is] the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth.” He is the first out of death, the beginning o…
The Bible begins with creation and has man at the center of creation. When man ate from the tree of knowledge, sin and death entered. The creation became the old creation and man became the old man…
Our regenerated human spirit is in the new creation in Christ. And so is our soul, to the extent that the Spirit mingled with our spirit has spread for the renewing of our mind (Rom. 12:2; Titus 3:…
The center of the old creation is the old man. The center of the new creation is Christ, the all-and-in-all of the new man. As seen in the many conflicts in the world, the old man is very contentio…
In Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, 9, Luke 24:1, and John 20:1, the phrase “the first day of the week” is coupled to the Lord’s resurrection. The first day of the week, or the day after …
By Elizabeth Prata I’ve been a Christian for only 20 years, but I’ve been alive for 63. Even as a youngster, I asked the eternal question to myself, “Why is the world like this?&#…