I want to deal with a portion of Scripture that many people find difficult, and it’s in Mark 9. The reading starts with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration with His three closest disciples, Peter, James and John. Moses and Elijah appear – it was an incredibly powerful experience, but as they come down the mountain, Jesus tells the disciples, “Do not tell what you have seen, until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.” And they questioned one another, what does Jesus mean when He says He will ‘rise from the dead’? At this point in the ministry of Jesus, the disciples had not grasped that Jesus was literally going die and be resurrected three days later.
For us in our Christian faith, Resurrection is a challenge. When we repent of our sins and come to Christ, we die to the old life, we’re born, ‘resurrected’ into a new life – and this new life WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD. Whilst the Pharisees accepted Resurrection at the end of the age, the Sadducees didn’t! So it was a great controversy surrounding the ministry of Jesus. Today, I don’t feel that in the Church we are being taught enough about what Resurrection is and what happens when we die.
Disagreement between Paul and Barnabas / Acts Bible Study (Part 45) / Chapter 15
Free from spiritual burdens / Acts Bible Study (Part 44) / Chapter 15
Purified by faith / Acts Bible Study (Part 43) / Chapter 15
Committed to the Lord / Acts Bible Study (Part 42) / Chapter 14
Paul heals a lame man / Acts Bible Study (Part 41) / Chapter 14
Confirming the Word with signs and wonders / Acts Bible Study (Part 40) / Chapter 14
The whole city heard the Word of God / Acts Bible Study (Part 39) Chapter 13
Stand up for the Truth / Acts Bible Study (Part 38) / Chapter 13
Set apart for the Lord / Acts Bible Study (Part 37) Chapter 13
Herod's judgement and the church's growth / Acts Bible Study (Part 36) Chapter 12
The Word of God continued to spread and flourish / Acts Bible Study (Part 35) / Chapter 12
Peter’s miraculous escape from prison / Acts Bible Study (Part 34) / Chapter 12
Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners / Acts Bible Study (Part 33) / Chapter 11
Full of the Holy Spirit and faith / Acts Bible Study (Part 32) / Chapter 11
A great number believed in the Lord / Acts Bible Study (Part 31) / Chapter 11
Commanded to preach and testify / Acts Bible Study (Part 30) / Chapter 10
Peter and Cornelius in Caesarea / Acts Bible Study (Part 29) / Chapter 10
Peter's vision / Acts Bible Study (Part 28) / Chapter 10
Many believed in the Lord / Acts Bible Study (Part 27) / Chapter 9
Dorcas raised from the dead / Acts Bible Study (Part 26) / Chapter 9
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