Acts 1:3 After Jesus Suffering, He showed Himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the Kingdom of God. (Luke says that the Disciples were eyewitnesses to all that had happened to Jesus Christ His life before His Crucifixion (Suffering), and the 40 days after His Resurrection as He taught them more about the Kingdom of God.) Today there are still people who doubt Jesus Resurrection. But Jesus appeared to the Disciples on many occasions after His Resurrection, proving that He was alive. Look at the change the Resurrection make in the Disciples lives. At Jesus death, they scattered they were Disillusioned, and they Feared for their lives. After seeing the Resurrected Christ, they were Fearless and Risked everything to spread the Good News about Jesus around the world. They faced Imprisonment, Beatings, Rejection, and Martyrdom, yet they never Compromised their Mission. These men would not have risked their lives for something they knew was a Fraud. They knew Jesus was Raised From The Dead, and the early church was fired with their Enthusiasm to tell others. It is important to know this so we can have Confidence in their Testimony. Twenty Centuries later we can still be confident that our Faith is based on fact. Jesus explained that with His coming, the Kingdom of God was Inaugurated. When He Returned to Heaven, Gods Kingdom would remain in the Hearts of all Believers through the presence of the Holy Spirit. But the Kingdom of God will not be fully realized until Jesus Christ comes again to Judge all people and Remove all Evil from the world. Before that time, Believers are to work to spread Gods Kingdom across the world. The Book of Acts records how this work was begun. What the early church started, WE MUST CONTINUE.....Love in Christ.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:40:10 +0000
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