Jesus clearly said He would rise from death in three days.
Later, He even said, “I told you so.”
On the day He died, who believed Him ?
After He died, what did His followers do ?
Where did they go ? They hid behind locked doors.
After Jesus appeared to them, they were still hiding.
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We have Jesus’ promise, and proof, of His resurrection.
And we have multitudes more promises of what He will do for us.
Do we know those promises ?
Do we believe them, or just know them ?
If we believe them, do we count on them, and act on them publicly ?
Do we accept danger and opposition and real trouble, real cost, real persecution ?
Of all the people we know, who knows that we carry the name of Jesus with us wherever we go ?
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After Jesus appeared to His disciples, they were still hiding . . .
UNTIL . . .
Until the Holy Spirit came after ten days of prayer after Jesus went back to heaven.
Then, all-heaven broke loose, and Peter preached, and the others preached in all the languages of the foreigners in Jerusalem celebrating the Jewish feast of Pentecost—and 3000 people became believers in Jesus.
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What about us, today ?
Same as day one.
UNTIL we pray and receive the Holy Spirit . . .
All-heaven can break loose in our lives at any time, and we can boldly tell everyone about Jesus who died in our place and rose back to life so we can too.
We start by making sure “all the people we know, know that we carry the name of Jesus with us wherever we go.”
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