The 8 Minute Devotion

David's close friend and counselor Ahithophel betrayed him and aligned with Absalom - this was a shock to David, as they had had an extremely close relationship. On today's episode, Pastor Cameron discusses how all followers of Christ will experience betrayal at one time or another, but we should never be the one who betrays! 

Join Pastor Cameron as we look at the beginning of Absalom's rebellion. Absalom's pride led him to steal the hearts of the men of Israel, and this had tragic consequences for everyone involved. 

The end of David's sin with Bathsheba and Uriah was restoration, because of his repentant heart. The end of David was even better than his beginning! 

The final proof of the resurrection that Pastor Cameron covers today is the fact that Jesus still changes people's lives and moves in their heart today. Our Resurrected Savior is active in the world today because He is alive! 

On today's podcast, Pastor Cameron looks at another proof that the accounts of the resurrection were recording a real, actual event. This is the fact that the first recorded witnesses were all women, which was an extraordinary thing in ancient times. Why was it extraordinary? Listen to the podcast to find out! 

One of the more ridiculous arguments against believing in the bodily resurrection of Jesus is this - it was easy to believe in the resurrection in the past, but now with modern science and medicine we know that resurrections can't happen. However, as Pastor Cameron discusses on today's podcast, ancient people knew very well that dead people always stayed dead! It took just as much faith to believe in Jesus' resurrection in 30 AD as it does in 2021 AD. 

Join Pastor Cameron as he looks at the second proof of the Resurrection - the fact that there are slight variations between the different Gospel accounts on what happened the day Jesus rose. Though these variations are easily reconciled, they are often used as proof that the resurrection is false, when in reality the fact that there are minor differences is proof that the various writers were recording real, raw history and not a sanitized, made-up event!

Join Pastor Cameron for our special one-week series during this Resurrection Week - "Proofs of the Resurrection". If Jesus had not truly risen, why did the disciples go through persecution and martyrdom? If they knew his resurrection was a lie, why did they not change their story before giving their lives for Christ? The simple answer is that the disciples were convinced Jesus really had risen - they had seen it with their own eyes and were willing to die for that truth! 

Join Pastor Cameron as we discover that although David's sin was great, so was his repentance. He desired the presence of God more than anything else, and as such he was restored. 

When David was confronted by his sin, he instantly confessed and repented before God, regardless of what it would do to his position and reputation. This can be contrasted with King Saul, who worried only about what people thought of him when he was caught in sin, as Pastor Cameron discusses today.