Good Morning Friends,
"Jesus himself stood among them and said,
'Peace be with you.' They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a
ghost. He said to them, 'Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your
minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost
does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.' He showed them his hands and
feet. While they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he
asked them, 'Do you have anything here to eat?' They gave him a piece of
broiled fish, and he ate it in their presence." (Luke 24:36-43)
They saw Jesus crucified. They watched as He
died. Their hopes were dashed. They had put so much hope in Him. Then strange
reports began to come back to them. The tomb was empty. Some women had seen Him
alive. He had appeared to Peter. He walked with two disciples to Emmaus. Now,
it seems that He is standing in their midst.
It couldn’t be true. This must have been a
ghost or a vision. Jesus was dead. To think that He had come back to life was
just too good to be true. They did not believe "because of joy and
amazement." They had never seen anything like this before or heard about
anything like this. Surely it was all in their own minds.
Then Jesus asked for something to eat and ate. In
something as simple as sharing a meal with them, they realized it was no dream.
Visions don't eat supper! Jesus was really with them. He had come back from the
dead. What they had hoped for had come true. Their wildest imagination had
actually happened!
The resurrection changed them. Frightened and
hiding in the upper room before they realized He had come alive again …
afterward they started preaching to everyone who would listen. Running away
when they came to arrest Jesus, now they'd be arrested themselves and wouldn't
back down. Denying Jesus during His trials, now they'd testify about Him to the
same council that killed Him. Something changed them! Jesus was alive! He still
is!
His, by Grace, Steve
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