It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
This is the attitude which the LORD desires for us as well. He wants us to have so encountered him in the power of his resurrection that, frankly, we can't shut up about it.
But, we say, we haven't seen with our own as as they did and so of course they have an advantage in terms of entusiasm over us.
he appeared to them
and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart
because they had not believed those
who saw him after he had been raised.
He works powerfully in those who testify on his behalf. The grace present in such testimonies is more than enough to cut to the heart and convert. If we have trouble believing the witnesses he sends the problem is likely within us rather than them. But even so, he doesn't leave us. He appears to us, too, to confirm and renew our faith. This empowers us to share the mission he has for everyone.
He said to them, “Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.”
As we experience the LORD's victory we are empowered to share it with all we meet. Let us share the psalmist's experience of overwhelming joy in the LORD's victory so that our lives might radiate his presence to others in a way that is contagious.
“The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
the right hand of the LORD has struck with power.”
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