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April 22
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

Scripture: John 11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;”

     Matthew 26 had begun in the house of Simon with a woman with an alabaster box of ointment anointing the head of the Lord Jesus.  Then Judas agrees to betray Jesus for money.  The Lord is seen with His disciples at the last Passover and He institutes the Lord’s Supper.  He confronts Peter and predicts his denial of the Lord.  He confronts Judas as to his betrayal.  That being ended we see Him in the garden of Gethsemane as He prays.  We see the soldiers come and the betrayal by Judas and the arrest of the Lord Jesus.  We see Jesus before Caiaphas and then the denial of Peter outside in the court. This all lead to the scourging and condemning Jesus to die.  He is lead away to be crucified and oh how it must have hurt the heart of the disciples that watched Him there that day.  What must have went through their minds?  What must they have felt, knowing who He was and what He came to do, yet knowing how they had treated Him.  Oh what a picture unfolds that day.  As the day comes to a close the body of Jesus in removed from the cross and placed in a borrowed tomb.  
    Then on the third day after His death, the news came that changed everything. The women at been at the grave of Jesus early in the morning and found the stone had been rolled away.  The angels gave them the good news that Jesus had risen, He was not there.  They were instructed to go and tell the disciples and Mark’s gospel mentions for them to tell Peter also that He had risen from the dead.  What a thrill for the disciples to know that the one they loved and had put their faith in was alive and had accomplished what He came to do! The fact that they mentioned Peter was an encouragement because Peter was the one who had denied Him! Do you know Him today?  Please don’t turn Him away!