April 28
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In these outstanding passages we read about the moments and days after Jesus' death. We read that a centurion said, "Surely this was a righteous man." This is utterly ironic, knowing that Jesus' own people, the Israelites were condemning him as deserving punishment, although he was the perfect, spotless lamb of God. Then we read about the resurrection... Yes I know that there are many of you who think, again?!?! we just talked about the resurrection a few weeks ago! Why are we reading about it again now. Yet, the Christian message is ALL about Jesus' resurrection. That Jesus overcame sin and death for us is an amazing truth. We can stake our lives on this fact. We should come back to this again and again and again. This proves the message of the Psalmist in our passage from there:
"Great is the Lord in Zion;
he is exalted over all the nations."
It's funny how many of Jesus' followers didn't believe He had risen. He was the Christ, the Son of God, and the One who told them He'd die & rise again.
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