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Allowing the Resurrected Jesus to Lead (Guest Post)

Lauren Roth recently joined us for a short series on Leadership. You’ll do yourself a favor if you listen, all three installments, btw. First one – Click here for that. And also if you read this blog. Her complete blog here.

Resurrection Sunday

After reading through all the Gospels and their different accounts of the Resurrection, I have been struck by two things: 

  1. How everyone who encountered Jesus’ resurrected body either didn’t recognize him or doubted him. 
  2. That Mary Magdalene was there at the Crucifixion, was present as Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus in his personal tomb and was present on the Resurrection day. She was also the first person to see Jesus in His resurrected body.
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WHO IS YOUR NINEVEH? By Kerry A. Olson

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“The word of the Lord came to Jonah… saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”  But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So, he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”
 ― Jonah 1:1-3

There is a stark contrast between how Jonah responded to God’s call to go to Nineveh and that of Abraham, who when God called him to leave everything to “go the land God would show you.”(1)  Jonah knew exactly where God wanted him to go — Nineveh and he went the opposite direction!  Abraham, on the other hand, had no idea which direction he was to go. He simply had to put one foot in front of the other (begin to move) and trust God’s word.

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There Is An Escape

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There is an escape from dominance by the spirit of the age, which is Christ and His grace. The systems and strategy that the enemy uses against us, we are no match for, in our own strength. This can be clearly seen in the example of the man and the woman in the garden of old. To face spiritual forces in natural strength creates a very predictable outcome. But let’s not lose heart! We have access to the Tree of Life, Himself!

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Truth, by Keith Adriance

Truth

“Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

“What is truth?” retorted Pilate.”

What is truth? I guess this depends on who you ask. Based on the “fact” that we have just under 8 billion people alive in the world, we technically could have 8 billion truths. But what does Webster’s dictionary define as? 1) The body of real things- ACTUALITY. 2) The state of being case- FACTS. 3) transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality. But truth in it’s most basic sense is EXCLUSIVITY! It either IS or IS NOT. The Law of identity.

Pilate asked Jesus- ”what is truth?” Pilate was bombarded with all kinds of information coming from the Jewish Pharasee’s and the crowds before him. Everything from Jewish Law and tradition, mixed in with accusations of Jesus’ claim to Kingship, and the threatening of destroying of the Temple.

Yet Jesus provided Pilate with His version of the truth. No wonder there was confusion on the Governors part.

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