Post by Woody Williams on May 3, 2006 11:45:32 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Mark 16:9-16
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Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She
went out and told those who had been with him, while they were
mourning and weeping. But when they heard that he was alive and had
been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were
walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but
they did not believe them.
Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at
the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and
stubbornness, because they had not believed those who saw him after
he had risen. And he said to them, 'Go into all the world and
proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes
and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will
be condemned.'
Devotional
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There was tension among the first disciples between those who
experienced Jesus after the resurrection and believed and those who
did not believe their testimony. The apostles are those who are
commissioned to testify to the resurrected Lord. This message is a
real challenge to the world, yet it is a life-giving and saving
message. In spite of the many refusals to believe our testimony, we
continue to share.
Prayer
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Give me steadfastness in my witness, Lord. Amen
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Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She
went out and told those who had been with him, while they were
mourning and weeping. But when they heard that he was alive and had
been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were
walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but
they did not believe them.
Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at
the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and
stubbornness, because they had not believed those who saw him after
he had risen. And he said to them, 'Go into all the world and
proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes
and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will
be condemned.'
Devotional
----------
There was tension among the first disciples between those who
experienced Jesus after the resurrection and believed and those who
did not believe their testimony. The apostles are those who are
commissioned to testify to the resurrected Lord. This message is a
real challenge to the world, yet it is a life-giving and saving
message. In spite of the many refusals to believe our testimony, we
continue to share.
Prayer
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Give me steadfastness in my witness, Lord. Amen