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Mark 16 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now. When you're ready, let's dive
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  into God's Word. Together
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  in the final chapter of Mark Mark 16, we get Mark's account
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  of Jesus resurrection and what came after.
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  Listen to the first few verses of this chapter.
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  When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother
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  of James and Salome bought spices so that they might come
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  and anoint him. Very early on the first day of
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  the week they came to the tomb. When the sun had risen, they
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  were saying to one another, Who will roll away the stone for us
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  from the entrance of the tomb. Looking up, they saw that the
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  stone had been rolled away, although it was extremely large.
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  Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right
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  wearing a white robe, and they were amazed.
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  And he said to them, Do not be amazed.
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  You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who has been crucified.
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  He has risen. He is not here.
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  Behold, here is the place where they laid him.
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  He's risen. He is not here.
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  The Messiah has just been raised as he said he would be.
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  Now I want us to focus in on what happens next.
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  First, you need to remember that Mark's gospel is most likely
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  based on the eyewitness testimony of Peter.
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  It was likely Peter who sat down with Mark and recounted to him
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  the events of Jesus life, ministry, death, resurrection
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  and ascension. But remember what happened just
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  two chapters prior to this one. In Mark chapter 14, Peter denied
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  Christ and he didn't just deny him once, he denied him three
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  times. Peter, one of the first
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  disciples who had followed Jesus from the beginning of his
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  ministry when times got tough and the pressure was on, denied
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  that he even knew Jesus. And that reality makes what
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  comes next in Mark 16 all the more powerful.
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  Listen to what the young man in a white robe says next.
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  But go tell his disciples and Peter, he is going ahead of you
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  to Galilee. There you will see him just as
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  he told you. The Angel tells the women to go
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  and tell Jesus disciples where they can find the risen Lord,
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  but he is clear not just to refer generally to the
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  disciples, but to also explicitly named Peter among
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  them. Go tell his disciples and Peter.
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  Peter denied Christ, but Christ is not abandoning Peter.
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  Peter has not out sinned the grace of God and the love of
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  Jesus. Peter has not been kicked out of
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  the family of God. Peter, just like the lost sheep
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  that the shepherd looked high and low for is restored to the
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  fold, and the same is true for you and for me.
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  Though we ought not be overcome by sin, there will be times in
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  our lives when we take the path that seems easiest to us rather
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  than the path that Christ has set before us.
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  There will be times when we choose what we want instead of
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  what God says is right. There will be times that we
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  fail. There will be times that we,
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  with our actions, deny Christ. And when those times come, we
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  can rest assured that God gives a greater grace.
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  We can know that if we confess our sin, He is faithful and just
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  to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all
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  unrighteousness. We cannot out sin God's grace
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  any more than Peter could. And just like Jesus wasn't
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  finished with Peter, he is not finished with you.
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  We are more than our worst mistake.
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  We can run to Christ, fall on His grace and love, and be
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  restored.