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Podcast 27.3 Transcript
Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.
Vainly they watch His bed Jesus my Saviour
So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. Matthew 27:66 ESV
The Jews were concerned Jesus disciples would come and take His body then assert He had risen as He promised, so they pleaded with Pilate who let them seal the tomb and post a guard. They did not realize their seal and watch would be useless. Give praise to the risen One!
Vainly they seal the dead Jesus my Lord
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Luke 24:2-3 ESV
His disciples found an empty tomb and still struggled to believe it. I wonder how often we are guilty of the same disbelief, or at least slow belief. Jesus has shown us time and time again His victory over the grave. Do you sometimes struggle to believe? Praise the Lord for His patience.
Death cannot keep his prey Jesus my Saviour
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. Acts 2:24 ESV
It was not possible for Him to be held by death! It was impossible for death to hold Him. The sharp painful emotion caused by death has been loosed. That is the One we worship! That is the One we adore! The resurrected Son of God, who died for our sins but is alive forevermore! Hallelujah!
He tore the bars away Jesus my Lord
Jesus said…“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 ESV
Death could not keep Him, and so it will not be able to keep any who believe in Him either. Do you believe? Reflect on these incredible promises made by the One who is the resurrection and life. Though we die, yet shall we live. We need not fear death. Thanks be to God!
Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.
Vainly they watch His bed Jesus my Saviour
Vainly they seal the dead Jesus my Lord
Death cannot keep his prey Jesus my Saviour
He tore the bars away Jesus my Lord
Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond. Until next time, Be Resonant.
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