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JESUS’ RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCES
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30
John 21:1-14

1 Corinthians 15:35-49

 

By faith we know the Lord

rose from the grave.

 

JESUS’ RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCES
 
Here, as in other places, we find an unanswerable proof that our Lord rose again with a real material body and a proof seen by seven grown-up men with their own eyes at one and the same time. We see Him sitting, talking, eating, drinking on the shore of the lake of Galilee and to all appearance for a considerable time. The morning sun of spring shines down on the little party. They are alone by the well-known Galilean lake, far away from the crowd and noise of Jerusalem. In the midst sits the Master, with the nail-prints in His hands, the very Master whom they had all followed for three years and one of them, at least, had seen hanging on the cross. They could not be deceived. Will anyone pretend to say that stronger proof could be given that Jesus rose from the dead? Can anyone imagine better evidence of a fact? That Peter was convinced and satisfied we know. He says himself to Cornelius, “(We) did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead” (Acts 10:41). Those who in modern times say they are not convinced may as well say that they are determined not to believe any evidence at all.
 
Let us all thank God that we have such a cloud of witnesses to prove that our Lord rose again. The resurrection of Christ is the grand proof of Christ’s divine mission. He told the Jews they need not believe He was the Messiah, if He did not rise again the third day. The resurrection of Christ is the top-stone of the work of redemption. It proved that He finished the work He came to do and, as our Substitute, had overcome the grave. The resurrection of Christ is a miracle that no infidel can explain away. Men may carp and cavil at Balaam’s ass and Jonah in the whale’s belly, if they please, but till they can prove that Christ did not rise again we need not be moved. Above all, the resurrection of Christ is the pledge of our own. As the grave could not detain the Head, so it shall not detain the members.
 
THOUGHT: What does Luke 16:31 teach about the nature of unbelief?

PRAYER: Father, may my heart be a believing heart, always.

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