"He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." (Matthew 28:6)
Or, Come, I will show you just how true and faithful is His Word. Yesterday morning I sent my brother a text message with words from our text, "He is risen, as He said." It was the, "as He said," which stood out to me. Some translations say, "just as He said." This is how the universe came into being, "just as He said." The declaration of the Words of God is, "In the beginning God...said,...and there was"----------------everything.
A life which, "endures to the end," is a life based on, "as He said." If the disciples were really Bible students, i.e., those who actually believe the Bible, they would have been waiting at the tomb to witness The Great Event. They were not. They were like so many of us today, students, but not "believers," choosing to cower behind closed doors rather than face life in the expectation of the Obedient to the Word of God.
The great Easter weekend is over, back to school, back to work, and life will be, "as He said." Either it will be, "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts," and, "the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus," or, it will be uncertainty, anxiety, and fear which rule. Those three words, "as He said," are fixed in Eternal Stone, "the word of God cannot be broken." Everything in history is attesting to the reality that no matter how powerful a nation or empire, how charismatic the leaders and the mindlessness of their starry eyed followers, all life is------------- "just as [Jesus] said."
Father, in Jesus' Name, write on my heart that everything is, "Just as He said." Amen.
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When an 18 year old Norwegian "heard the call to evangelize China, he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
