THE STORY OF JESUS: Matthew 28:11-15
“And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.” (Matthew 28:15)
The religious leaders do NOT want to believe that Jesus is alive.
They are as devoted to their faith that Jesus is not the Messiah.
Just as His disciples were devoted to their confidence that He is!
Some people accuse Christians of blindly following faith, not reason.
But faith lies at the root of all thinking, for the atheist and the theist.
When we believe something, we see all the facts through the lens of that belief.
Those who do not want to believe in the resurrected Jesus will not see any evidence for it.
Not because it’s not there but because they don’t want to.
No, I am not saying that there is clear evidence for Jesus’ resurrection.
But I am saying that it takes as much faith (in different things) to deny it as to affirm it.
Yes, one reason I believe it is because I want to believe it.
And one reason you do not believe it is because you do not want to.
People believe what they want to believe!
I admit my faith in believing in Jesus… do you admit your faith in denying Him?
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, thank You for giving me evidence that You are alive. Please show Yourself (as You did to Paul) to those who do not want to believe!
Evidence.
Just give me the proof. Things that I can see.
Then I’ll believe.
Thomas needed that.
The women needed that.
The disciples needed that.
And Jesus also knew that because He appeared to them.
And more.
The Bible tell us that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”(Hebrews 11:1). Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to us. Faith is certain because it is based on the very word of God who cannot lie.
It is through the gift of faith by which I see.
Open my eyes Lord each day that I may see You
and be led by You
to live for You
in the hope
of the resurrection.
Emmanuel.
He’s alive.
Alive, alive, alive forevermore
Jesus is alive, alive forevermore
Alive, alive, alive forevermore
Jesus is alive
Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah
Jesus is alive forevermore
Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah
He is alive for evermore