Thursday, May 5, 2011
On Easter Evening Jesus appeared to the disciples who were gathered in the upper room behind locked doors for fear of the Jews. After He showed them that it was really Him, alive from the dead, and not a ghost or some vision, Jesus said: "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me" (Luke 24:44).
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION -- OUR PROOF: EVERYTHING JESUS SAID IS TRUE
Jesus had been telling the disciples all along what was going to happen. Everything did happen as He said. That is sure proof that Jesus' word is true and reliable. More than that, Jesus' teaching was in perfect harmony with all the Scriptures. Jesus fulfilled everything that Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms had written about Him. He explained that that is why it was "necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day."
Jesus' resurrection not only proves that His own word is true, but it proves the reliability of all the Scriptures. They explained what had to happen and it did. As Jesus testified, "Your Word is truth." Luke 24 continues, "Jesus opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures." That is what we need. We don't need any further proof that the Bible is true, we just need to have our understanding opened to comprehend the Scriptures.
Wouldn't it be nice if we had Jesus here to open our understanding? We do! All the things that Jesus explained to His apostles they have explained to us in the New Testament Scriptures. We also have the Spirit of Christ poured out into our hearts to open our understanding as we study His word. Therefore, "continue in [Jesus'] word," for then you know "you are Jesus' disciples indeed, you will know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Hallelujah!
