Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

So called "doubting Thomas" gets a pass from Christian history.  He does way more than doubt. We find him resisting human leadership. Resisting fellowship. Resisting many counselors. Ignoring the years spent. The teaching. The miracles. Frankly: Resisting Jesus. Yikes.

Who else does this sound like? It sounds like JUDAS. Perhaps it will turn out just as bad? Subscribe to find out.

https://youtu.be/vbe95z7T8Ts

When Jesus shows Himself to the disciples after the resurrection, He tells them what their message should be:

First of course, is Jesus Himself. His life, suffering, death and resurrection.

Second, is repentance for the forgiveness of sin. Other than Jesus, this is the main message of Christianity.

https://youtu.be/rFswFpQmAZc

If Easter is real, then you have been sent.

         If so, where have you been sent? Who are your people?

         Are you missional in the places you have been sent.

Listen 7 minutes to a challenge from the empty-tomb-Guy.

https://youtu.be/RBjbO0CoUFs

Jesus gives  a medium sized rebuke to the duo on the road to Emmaus on Easter Sunday.  Basically, "YOU CAN DO BETTER".

BTW: the whole OT is about me.

BTW: Breaking bread as an ordinance of the church at the Lord's tabernacle reveals me in a special way.

With these words, right from the resurrected Jesus, their eyes were opened.  I pray that ours may be as well. Subscribe.

https://youtu.be/m0o2KjIdr2Q

Jesus calls out a duo on the road to Emmaus on the very day of His resurrection.  He tells them they are SPIRITUALLY BRADYCARDIC; that they are ssssllllllllooooowwww of heart to believe. 

He's gentle about it, but is forthright: You should be quicker to believe.  See if I'm right in seven short minutes.  Subscribe if I am.

https://youtu.be/Hu4XatojJNY

This is how the gospel sounds to humans: ridiculous. Even to the disciples.

The disciples responded poorly at first to the news of the resurrection. Remember, the road from thinking this Worthless to Worship is travelled with divine help as He opens minds and hearts.

Even the disciples needed some help to believe in the resurrection. We might expect the same from our not-yet-brothers and sisters. Please subscribe, listen and consider.

https://youtu.be/eDx9pyaEx-0

Women are the first in the resurrection news.

A Woman is the first in the seeing Jesus Himself after the resurrection.

Today, Women are the second in seeing Jesus. How do they respond?

They FALL DOWN and HOLD ON. Please listen and subscribe.

https://youtu.be/geFaNb9mo4s

Mary Magdalene makes a mistake on Easter Sunday.  She goes to the tomb to seek the HORIZONTAL Jesus, not the VERTICAL Jesus. She is seeking the dead, soon to be stinky, probably stolen body of Jesus. 

Jesus asks her a great question: WHOM ARE YOU SEEKING? The answer is a lost body lain somewhere. 

Let's be ready to find the alive, Vertical Jesus today.  

https://youtu.be/7NwY7OISFfE

Apparently, Mary Magdalene breaks the rules about holding on too  tightly to  to the resurrected Jesus. It is a sweet rule to break.

She is the first to see Jesus after His rising from the dead. She recognizes Him as He speaks her name. We'll all hear our name spoken by Jesus either in friendship or in judgment. 

My recommendation is to receive Him kindly as Lord and friend, so He can address you kindly on that day. Subscribe. Like. Share.

https://youtu.be/EXJVrukH90o

He MUST rise. Why?

1. He said He would. Fulfillment of this promise gives us confidence in all His other promises.
2. Preeminence. His stature is exalted, leading, famous and foremost.
3. Absent this treasure of Jesus, there are no other treasures of Jesus. If this is true, so is all else. He MUST rise so that...YOU can one day rise by your faith in His Rising.

https://youtu.be/X4V4ghiX_tA