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THE WITNESS OF THE RESURRECTION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
Acts 4:33
John 20:26-29
“…blessed are they that have not seen,
and yet have believed.”
THE WITNESS OF THE RESURRECTION
The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is as important a truth as the perfect life and sacrificial death of our Saviour and Lord. Paul said, “For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable” (1 Cor 15:16-19). Indeed, we are miserable people if there is no resurrection.
With great power: Luke showed that the zeal of the Apostles to preach the gospel was far from being diminished. Rather, they were endowed with new power. This great power was from the Holy Spirit who enabled them to witness of the resurrection. We can remember how cowardly and timid the Apostles were before the filling with the Spirit of God. But when they were filled, they had great power to announce and proclaim the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
With great grace: This signified the favour of God upon the lives of the Apostles. The Lord provided for their necessities as they desired to obey the charge of God to witness for the resurrection. In the context of the previous verse, the Lord granted them enough provisions for everyone. Those who had little had enough and those who had much were not lacking in their service as they shared their bounties with those in need. God’s sufficient grace always meets the needs of His children. Jesus said, “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” (Matt 6:25).
Do you live your life with the resurrection in view? Are you living with the hope of receiving the glorified body just as Jesus Christ had?
THOUGHT: Am I confident that there is a resurrection of the dead?
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for Thy promise of life eternal after death.