Consider Jesus’ appearance after His
resurrection. Mediate on the disciples’ response.
After Jesus rose from the dead early on
Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from
whom he had cast out seven demons. She went to the disciples, who were grieving
and weeping, and told them what had happened. But when she told them that Jesus
was alive and she had seen him, they didn't believe her. Mark 16:9-11
They didn’t believe her? That is what Mark
wrote. Take a look at what is recorded in Luke, Matthew and John:
Then they remembered that he had said this.
So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples--and everyone
else--what had happened. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of
James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened. But the
story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn't believe it.
Luke 24:8-11
Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee,
going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they
worshiped him—but some of them doubted! Matthew 28:16-17
One of the twelve disciples, Thomas
(nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him,
"We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "I won't believe it
unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place
my hand into the wound in his side." John 20:24-25
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The disciples who had been with Jesus from
the beginning of His ministry, who had seen His miracles of healing and feeding
thousands, and who had heard Him say that He was the resurrection and the life,
just didn’t believe. Some of them doubted that Jesus was resurrected—that He
was alive. How could they NOT believe? It must have been devastating to have
their teacher, their leader arrested right before their eyes, tried, beaten,
and then killed in such a brutal way by crucifixion. In their eyes, no one can live after that. But He appeared and
spoke to several women and then to some of the disciples, so it was true. Jesus
was alive. Some couldn’t believe. Can you?
Prayer
~ Lord Jesus, we believe. Help our unbelief.
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