Jesus IS Lord, Amen
Romans 8:1 declares, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (NIV). This verse means that believers in Jesus are freed from the penalty of sin, divine wrath, and final judgment. It is a present, permanent reality of justified status because Jesus bore the condemnation on the cross.
Key Aspects of Romans 8:1:
This verse is considered one of the most comforting in Scripture, offering complete spiritual security to Christians.
THE TIMELESS MIRROR.
Reflection: walking in Jesus’ steps produces the fruits of His atonement.
Romans 8:1 declares, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (NIV). This verse means that believers in Jesus are freed from the penalty of sin, divine wrath, and final judgment. It is a present, permanent reality of justified status because Jesus bore the condemnation on the cross.
Key Aspects of Romans 8:1:
This verse is considered one of the most comforting in Scripture, offering complete spiritual security to Christians.
Jesus rose from the dead as promised in Scripture.
Scriptural predictions of Jesus rising from the dead include; direct prophecies from Jesus himself to his disciples, as well as foreshadowing within Old Testament scriptures. Key predictions stated he would be killed and rise on the third day (Matthew 16:21, Mark 8:31, Luke 9:22).
Key New Testament Predictions by Jesus
Old Testament Foundations (The “Scriptures”)
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 summarizes this by stating that Christ died for sins and was raised on the third day “in accordance with the Scriptures”.
but not to confirm the prediction and so, we will make Him glad if we tap into His divine plans. How?
Mary Magdalene sampled it: she never left Him after her deliverance from the seven wicked demons; she toed His steps and was privileged to be the first person who saw His resurrected Body – what a hope for all of us the Rahabs, the Samsons, the Prodigal children and so forth.
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jh. 20:1-18.
The truth? We’re no longer spiritual outcasts to God; no more condemnation; we’re forgiven but all these take effect to transform us when we chose to walk in His steps at all costs, that’s the essence of this season not pilgrimage to Golgotha or Calvary… let us reset for new life in us!
May we not miss HIS STEPS.🙏🔥
Jesus is silent on Saturday. The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph’s tomb. The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it. He spoke much on Friday. He will liberate the slaves of death on Sunday. But on Saturday, Jesus is silent.
So is God. He made himself heard on Friday. He tore the curtains of the temple, opened the graves of the dead, rocked the earth, blocked the sun of the sky, and sacrificed the Son of Heaven. Earth heard much of God on Friday.
Nothing on Saturday. Jesus is silent. God is silent. Saturday is silent.
Easter weekend discussions tend to skip Saturday. Friday and Sunday get the press. The crucifixion and resurrection command our thoughts. But don’t ignore Saturday. You have them, too.
Silent Saturdays. The day between the struggle and the solution; the question and the answer; the offered prayer and the answer thereof.
Saturday’s silence torments us. Is God angry? Did I disappoint him? God knows Jesus is in the tomb, why doesn’t He do something? Or, in your case God knows your career is in the tank, your finances are in the pit, your marriage is in a mess. Why doesn’t He act? What are you supposed to do until He does?
You do what Jesus did. Lie still. Stay silent. Trust God. Jesus died with this conviction:
“You will not abandon me to the grave, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay” (Acts 2:27 NIV).
https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/acts-2-27
Jesus knew God would not leave Him alone in the grave. You need to know, God will not leave you alone with your struggles. His silence is not His absence, inactivity is never apathy. Saturdays have their purpose. They let us feel the full force of God’s strength. Had God raised Jesus fifteen minutes after the death of His son, would we have appreciated the act? Were He to solve your problems the second they appear, would you appreciate His strength?
For His reasons, God inserts a Saturday between our Fridays and Sundays. If today is one for you, be patient. As one who endured the silent Saturday wrote: “Be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord” (James 5:7 NKJV).
On the Saturday after His crucifixion, known as Holy Saturday or Silent Saturday, Jesus’ body lay at rest in the tomb, marking the period between His death and resurrection. Scripturally, it is regarded as a day of rest from His work of salvation, while tradition holds He descended into the realm of the dead to proclaim His victory.
Key aspects of Holy Saturday include:
The day is a significant reminder of the “silence” often experienced in faith, emphasizing trust in God’s work even when it cannot be seen.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-day-jesus-stayed-dead
https://www.gotquestions.org/Holy-Saturday.html
