A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
5th April 🌷🌷
“ But now is Christ risen from the dead”(1 Cor. 15:20)
We have seven great proofs of the resurrection of our living Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1) The prophecies made in the Old Testament by the prophets.(Isa.25:8; Hosea 13:14; Psa..16:10). Nobody ever dreamed of conquering death. There has been only one case in the whole world’s history. “He will swallow up death in victory.”
(2) The prophecies made by the Lord Himself to His disciples before He was crucified. “The Son of man must be killed and rise again.”(Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34; John 10:18).
(3) The testimony borne by the angels on the early Easter morning:”He is not here, He is risen” (Luke 24:5,6)
(4) The empty sepulchre. “They entered in and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ´The empty sepulchre can be seen today in Jerusalem. Everyday people come from many parts of the world to see it. Other sepulchres are full of dead men’s bones but this is an empty sepulchre .
(5) Our Lord’s appearances on ten different occasions on different days to the disciples during 40 days after He rose again; 5 times on the first day : again , 5 times from the second day to His ascension . He first appeared to Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre then to other women who where returning from the sepulchre . Then He appeared to Simon Peter. Then to two disciples going to Emmaus and that same evening to the disciples as they were gathered in the room. The door being shut. He appeared to the 500 disciples in Jerusalem as we see in 1 Cor.15:6 Then He appeared to James the apostle. For Thomas sake , He appeared the eighth time on the eighth day. At the lake of Tiberias, He appeared for the ninth time (John 21). Then He appeared in Bethany before He ascended in to heaven. Like that He appeared ten times within 40 days to show us that He may come into us by the power of resurrection. To make the worst sinner a child of God.
(6) His appearances after we went to heaven . He appeared to Stephen (Acts 7:54;55). He appeared to Saul , afterwards called Paul(Acts 9:3-5). He appeared to John in the isle of Patmos (Rev.1)
(7) There is one more proof, which is much more important than the six other proofs, and it can be much more convincing to those you speak to. He lives in every believer. Those who believe in Him in any part of the world, He comes to live in them. We can all say the same thing, ‘ He lives in me, He lives in me’. That’s why we now put the same question to you. Does the living Lord live in you?
