{"id":990,"date":"2018-05-03T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2018-05-03T07:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:28:13","slug":"devotion-matthew-281-8-staying-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Matthew 28:1-8 Staying Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew 28:1-8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a01<\/a>After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.\u00a0\u00a02<\/a>\u00a0There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.\u00a0\u00a03<\/a>\u00a0His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.\u00a04<\/a>The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.\u00a0\u00a05<\/a>\u00a0The angel said to the women, \u201cDo not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.\u00a0\u00a06<\/a>\u00a0He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.\u00a0\u00a07<\/a>\u00a0Then go quickly and tell his disciples: \u2018He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.\u2019 Now I have told you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a08<\/a>\u00a0So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. \u00a09<\/a>Suddenly Jesus met them.\u00a0\u201cGreetings,\u201d\u00a0he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.\u00a0\u00a010<\/a>\u00a0Then Jesus said to them,\u00a0\u201cDo not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Galatians 2:20<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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2 Corinthians 13:5-6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Examine yourselves\u00a0to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.\u00a0Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you\u2014unless, of course, you fail the test?\u00a06\u00a0And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.<\/i><\/p>\n

In 1844 Karl Marx famously described religion as \u201cthe opiate of the people.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 To him all religion was created by man to use as a crutch to escape the hard times of life and give them hope for a good future time, of which there was none. Mr. Marx died in 1883 at the age of sixty-five.\u00a0 He was buried in Highgate Cemetery, London, United Kingdom and his remains were there until he rotted away. He was never seen alive again.<\/p>\n

Siddhartha Gautama lived sometime circa the sixth to fourth century B.C.\u00a0 He became known as Buddha, meaning \u201cenlightened one.\u201d\u00a0 He lived for eighty years.\u00a0\u00a0 He was a truth seeker and a philosopher. For a time in his life he live as an ascetic.\u00a0 He almost starved himself to death.\u00a0 After a young girl offered him a bowl of rice he gave up his life as an ascetic and followed a new life called the Middle Way that he said was a life of balance instead of one characterized by extremism.\u00a0 He was cremated in Kushinagar, India. He was never seen alive again.<\/p>\n

Stephen Hawking was born in January 1942 and died in March 2018.\u00a0 He was a highly educated man who was known as a theoretical physicist and cosmologist.\u00a0 He was highly regarded in these fields.\u00a0 Spanish newspaper El Mundo quoted him as saying \u201cBefore we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation. What I meant by \u2018we would know the mind of God\u2019 is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God, which there isn\u2019t. I\u2019m an atheist.\u201d\u00a0 He famously propounded his atheist ideas and from his own statements it seems obvious that to him Christianity was an odious fake.\u00a0 Please watch the following link as He mocks people who are \u201creligious\u201d by saying that they should be \u201cridiculed with contempt.\u201d\u00a0 Ravi Zaharias, noted Christian apologist, gives a humorous but potent response in challenging the supposed bravery of Mr. Hawking\u2019s contempt of religion and public proclamations of atheism.\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/SPlqjziNFdA<\/a>\u00a0 Mr. Hawking died at the age of seventy-six.\u00a0 He was cremated and his ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, England and his remains are there until they rot away. He has not been seen alive again.<\/p>\n

Jesus was born between 6 and 4 B.C. and He was crucified in 30 A.D.\u00a0 Before being born on earth He was God in Heaven beside the Father (John 1:1-2, 10:30<\/b>).\u00a0 His stated purpose in life was to \u201cseek and save the lost\u201d (Luke 19:10<\/b>).\u00a0 It is written that He also came to heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds (Psalm 147:3<\/b>).\u00a0 He performed numerous miracles, healings and kind acts that were too much to even be written and recorded (John 21:25<\/b>).\u00a0 His main purpose was to be what never was before Him and what is that no other is, a way for mankind to find his way back to God (John 14:6, Acts 4:12, 1 Timothy 2:5<\/b>).\u00a0 To pay the price for the sins of all mankind, Jesus allowed Himself to die by crucifixion at the age of thirty-three.\u00a0 He was placed in a burial tomb, but rose, alive again, three days later (Per Jewish custom of counting days) (Luke 24:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:4)<\/b>.\u00a0 There was well over five hundred eye-witnesses that Jesus rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:3-8, Luke 24:13-15<\/b>).\u00a0 There are recently many reports of Him appearing to many Arabs and calling them to faith in Him.\u00a0 He remains eternally alive and is now where He was before taking on the form of man, He is at the right hand of the Father (Acts 7:55-56, Romans 8:34, Ephesians 1:20-21, Colossians 3:1<\/b>).\u00a0 He remains eternally alive (Revelation 1:18<\/b>).\u00a0 Throughout history all His critics died and they all remain dead, until He calls them forward to be judged by Him.\u00a0 All who died with atheist beliefs, or in any belief for eternal life other than Jesus, died and remain dead.\u00a0 Only living atheists still have the opportunity to repent and believe.\u00a0 Pray for them.\u00a0 As for Jesus He is alive and He will bring us home to Heaven to live eternally with God the Father, Himself and God the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Jesus live and his past critics and blasphemers, well, they remain dead.<\/p>\n

Praise God!\u00a0 Let us encourage ourselves and others in the fact that Jesus lives and the reward for our faithfulness in Him will never be lost.\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 Thank you Jesus!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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