But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. — 1 Corinthians 15:20. Death is dreadful!  We return to dust.  But that does not make an end of us.  Death is “the wages of sin” …

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Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. —Romans 4:25. Christ was delivered for our offenses, delivered into death.  He atoned for our sins by His death, and He was raised again from the dead because …

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Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. – John 2:19. This is what Jesus said to the Jews when they desired of Him a sign showing that He was the promised Christ.  He spoke of …

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Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned. —Mark 16:15-16. The fortieth day after the resurrection of our Lord …

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Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. — Luke 24:45. The forty days in which the risen Lord was seen by His disciples were drawing to a close.  The feast of Pentecost was near at hand.  The Lord …

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All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all …

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  What is that to thee? Follow thou Me. – John 21:22. The risen Lord addressed also these words to Peter: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldst, but …

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Lovest thou Me? – John 21:17. When the disciples had dined with the risen Lord, as we heard yesterday, Jesus said to Simon Peter. “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me more than these?”  He said to Him: “Yea, Lord; …

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This is now the third time that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after that He was risen from the dead. – John 21:14. Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, hence, in Galilee.  There …

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Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. – John 20:29. But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called Didymus, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.  O Thomas!  The other disciples therefore said to him: “We …

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