He has Risen

DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL OF MARK

HE HAS RISEN

Mark 16:1-7

16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" 4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 6 "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'"

NIV

He has risen, He has risen indeed! That is the story. The chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law may have thought they had put an end to this rebellion against their control over the people, but it is now only the beginning of the true gospel message. Christ rose from the dead, and he is going ahead of us into paradise. Certainly it was of great alarm to these ladies not to find the body of Jesus, and to actually be told by angels that he was alive and well. The truth of the gospel is we serve a risen Savior. All other faiths of the world, all religions that are not based on Jesus Christ serve a dead savior, a dead prophet, a dead god or a dead faith established by a dead man, but those who base their faith on Jesus Christ the living Son of God, the creator of all that was created, the Savior of the world, serve a living God. There is no other but him, who can save man from eternal death. The fact is there are people today who need to have the stone rolled around from their minds, their souls, their spirits, and be allowed to come out from the grave, to be reborn a new creature, to rise from the dead. There are those who need to be told, He has risen!