A prayer of belief in the living God: (NIV) Psalm 121:1-8 “I LIFT up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? 2My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3He will not let your foot slip – he who watches over you will not slumber; 4Indeed, […]
How surprised the disciples must have been when Mary Magdalene came running and said, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” (See John 20:2) (NASB) John 20:3-8 So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb. […]
(Amplified) John 20:1 “NOW ON the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been removed from (lifted out of the groove across the entrance of) the tomb.” That tomb had been unsealed. The request of the Jewish leaders for […]
Love gets up early to minister, even to those who have died. Mary Magdalene made her way through the early morning dark hours before sunrise to the tomb where Jesus”™ body had been laid. But what a surprise waited for her! The tomb was empty of Jesus”™ body”¦not the grave clothes, just His body. She […]
(NASB) John 19:41-42 “Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.” Even in the burial of Jesus, prophecy […]
After being sure that Jesus had died, Joseph of Arimathea had gone to Pilate and secretly asked permission to take Jesus”™ body for burial. He could lose his position on the Council of the 70, the Sanhedrin. He could have been excommunicated from the Jewish religion. What Joseph and Nicodemus did to show respect to […]
When in despair and no way out, this Psalm is one the disciples could have prayed before the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ”¦are you in need of such a prayer? (NASB) Psalm 130:1-8 “OUT OF the depths I have cried to You, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive […]
As servants of God, as believers in Christ Jesus, what question should we ask ourselves? (NIV) Galatians 1:10 “Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Strong […]
Why are testimonies to Jesus”™ actual death important? (NASB) John 19:33-35 “but coming to Jesus, (the Roman soldiers) when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 35 And he who […]
The Jewish leaders had gone to Pilate and asked for the legs of the three men on the cross be broken to speed their deaths. (For the sake of the Sabbath to be kept undefiled. See Deuteronomy 21:22-23) (NASB) John 19:32-33 “So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of […]