Sunday 8 Apr 2012

Sunday Reading: John 20:11-17

Key Verse: John 20:15
15  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

Devotion:
Today we serve a Risen Saviour! And yet there are many people who will have a hard time with the simple fact that Christ rose from the dead. As we go over the account of this time from the disciples we find that they too had a hard time believing things even though they were there. Just because they saw the empty tomb they did not immediately put two and two together and come up with the seemingly logical deduction that it was He Himself that rose from the dead – how great it is to know the truth after it has been explained so clearly to us; and yet we still have doubt!

When we are able to look back in time and see what was accomplished many people still have doubts as to whether things happened as they have been told us in the bible, and yet they have no problem believing a story about how life could have evolved from a random set of events way back in the past. Rather like telling someone that the lottery jackpot is a staggering amount and yet they have very little chance at actually winning the lottery; they still want to spend their money because they want to believe that is could be true and it sounds so good – but when they find out the truth they look back and know that it was a long shot anyway!

Men would rather believe in a random event that the truth when the truth goes beyond normal beliefs. And having someone raise themselves us from the dead is certainly in that realm of beyond normal beliefs. But when we have been told the truth, shown the truth and have people confirm the truth – why do we still have a hard time accepting it?

I think the answer is because we just want to believe in some things because they sound good at the time – and having to accept that someone was willing to die for us just because they love us, and then raise themselves from the dead just to justify us – well, that goes beyond what we may think of acceptable because we know what we are like! And having anyone tell us that they love us even though we think we know what we are like just goes beyond what we want to accept. But accept the truth is what we need to do. Today we do serve that Truth, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the One who died for us and rose again to defeat that awful price on our sin that was placed there by God our Heavenly Father.

Points to Ponder:
Do you acknowledge Jesus Christ?

Do you praise Him for what He has done for you?