Overview
The time has come for Jesus to demonstrate the full extent of His servanthood. For the Passover Lamb of God, the long-awaited hour has arrived. Conspired against by His enemies... betrayed by one close follower and denied by another ... tried and finally executed .. .Jesus' life of service seems to be finished. But in the greatest of all miracles, Easter dawn reveals an empty tomb, setting the stage for Jesus to commission His followers to bear the glad tidings worldwide. |
Your Daily Walk
Judas the betrayer, Peter the denier. And 10 other men who "forsook him, and fled" (14:50). Together they comprised the Twelve — not exactly an "All-Star" team for taking the gospel message to a dying world. Or was it?
An ancient legend suggests that Jesus, after His resurrection and ascension, was met at the portals of heaven by the angelic host who inquired of Him, "Lord, where is Your army?"
Pointing down to the Mount of Olives from which He had ascended, Jesus replied, 'There. That's My army."
Surprised and a bit skeptical, the angels asked, "That is Your army? But Lord, what if they fail You?"
Jesus replied, "If they fail Me, then everything I have done — My miracles, My messages, My earthly life, My sacrificial death — will have been in vain. But they won't fail Me, because I am with them."
The Lord who commanded His followers, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15) is the same One who said, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20). Are any of you out of work? The Carpenter is still looking for willing co-workers. Apply in prayer . . . right now!
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