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📖 Bible
Meditation No. 1799
🔆 AATHAVAN –
Saturday, 10.01.2026
“When they heard that He was
alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it.” (Mark 16:11)
There are certain things
that human beings find very difficult to believe. We can accept and believe
that a fish can dry up and become dried fish. But it is impossible for us to
believe that a dried fish can become a living fish again. Something similar took
place in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this world, no one who has died
has ever risen again. Therefore, it is not surprising that even those who had
lived with Him found it hard to believe that a man who had died was now alive
again.
“Now after He had risen
early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene.” (Mark
16:9)
She immediately went and
reported this to those who had been with Him. Yet, we read that they did not
believe her. However, Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead without prior
warning. While He was still alive, He clearly told His disciples that He would
die and rise again on the third day. Not only that, He demonstrated many great
and astonishing miracles while He was with them. Even so, the disciples
initially did not believe in His resurrection.
Yet, the disciples did not
remain in unbelief forever. Later, they came to believe that He had risen. The
reason was that they were people who truly loved Jesus Christ. They had tasted
the love of Christ while He lived in this world. Even after His death, they
lived with His memory close to their hearts. The same situation continues even
today. Although many Christians confess with their lips that Christ is alive,
they do not fully accept it with complete faith.
Yes, beloved, even today
many people do not accept the testimonies of those who speak from personal
experience that Jesus Christ is actively working in their lives. In those days
too, after His resurrection, Jesus did not appear to everyone. He appeared only
to the apostles.
“To these He also presented
Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them
over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom
of God.”
(Acts 1:3)
“Not to all the people, but
to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and
drank with Him after He arose from the dead.” (Acts 10:41)
Yet, many among the Jews of
that time believed the words spoken by the apostles. Thousands believed and
were baptized. The reason was that through the apostles, Jesus Christ revealed
Himself as the living One by many convincing proofs. That is why Christianity
has endured and stood firm for so many thousands of years.
Even today, many do not
believe that Jesus Christ is truly alive. He still speaks today. He still works
today. Just as He healed people two thousand years ago, He continues to heal
many from sickness even now. Yes, beloved,
“Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)
The reason many of us are
unable to see and experience this truth is because we do not seek or desire
fellowship with Him in our daily lives.
“If Christ has not been
raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.” (1 Corinthians
15:14)
As the apostle Paul
declares, true Christian living is not only believing in the resurrection of
Christ, but also experiencing the power of that risen life personally.
Otherwise, our Christian life and our faith will be in vain.
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