Good morning. All flesh is like grass, and all its glory
like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off, but the
word of the Lord abides forever. Wow – kind of makes you feel worthless,
doesn't it? And yes the fleshly part is worthless. But we were born again of
the word - this is the word that lasts
forever. As a result, what should we do? Therefore, putting aside all malice
and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babes, long
for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. First we've got to put away stuff.
And all of that stuff either involves words or quickly leads to bad words. We
should have as great a desire for the milk of the word of God as a baby does
for pure milk. Sadly, unlike babies, too many times we don't put up a fuss if
we don't get the milk of the word. Eventually we don't care whether we get it
or not; in fact we would rather not because it points out how we've been doing
wrong things. And we are to grow in respect to salvation. The baby will shrivel
up and die without milk, and so will we. Father thank You that the reader has
put away all of that bad stuff and longs for the pure milk of the word. He/she
grows daily in respect to salvation.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
Comments
Post a Comment