From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>
To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"
Sent: Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 6:20 AM
Subject: 7-26-22 THOUGHTS
7-26-22 THOUGHTS
Yesterday we looked at the death-burial and resurrection of The Christ. Today we follow the account in Mark with the end of Jesus’ time on this earth. Verse 19 says “He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.” We cannot miss the focus on the “preaching of the good news of Jesus”! Verse 20 says “And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them”. John 16:11 tells us that “the ruler of this world has been judged.”. God’s plan to save man has been PERFECTED IN JESUS, it remains for His people to TELL THE STORY! Rom 8:34 “who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.”
Mark 16:9-20 NASB [[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it. 12 After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country. 13 They went away and reported it to the others, but they did not believe them either. 14 Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. 17 "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." 19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.]] [[And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]]
My Prayer:
You have saved us, O God, so powerfully and marvelously. We praise your great name. While your grace and love was awesomely powerful, may our response be the same. Teach, help us, work in us to be more powerful than we are. Arouse us, O Lord. In the name of our Savior, Amen