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Luke 24 - 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 into God's Word
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  together if you're listening to this on
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  the day it is released. Yesterday, Christians all over
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  the world celebrated Resurrection Sunday.
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  What an app chapter we have today.
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  Listen to the 1st 9 verses of this chapter.
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  But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came
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  to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and
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  they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
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  But when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord
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  Jesus. While they were perplexed about
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  this, behold, 2 men suddenly stood near them in dazzling
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  clothing. And as the women were terrified
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  and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them,
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  Why do you seek the living One among the dead?
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  He is not here, but He has risen.
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  Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,
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  saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of
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  sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
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  And they remembered his words in return from the tomb, and
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  reported all these things to the 11 and to all the rest.
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  This is the hinge point of our faith.
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  This event, the resurrection of Jesus, is what separates
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  Christianity from any other world religion.
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  Christ did not just die for the sins of those who would trust in
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  Him. Christ overcame death.
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  He was raised. He was placed into a tomb dead
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  and walked out of it alive. Listen to what Paul says about
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  the resurrection in first Corinthians 15 as he defends the
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  reality that we too will be physically raised on the last
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  day. This is First Corinthians 15
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  verse 14 he says. And if Christ had not been
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  raised, then our preaching is vain.
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  Your faith also is vain. If Christ hasn't been raised,
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  our faith is vain. This is the crux of
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  Christianity. This is where our hope, our
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  faith, our conviction rest and hear this Christian just a few
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  verses later in First Corinthians 15, verse 20, this
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  is what Paul writes. But now Christ has been raised
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  from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.
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  Christ has been raised. It's a done deal.
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  And because it is, we can live for Christ, knowing that we
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  serve a risen, reigning Saviour, knowing that our faith is not in
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  vain, knowing that this life is not all there is, and knowing
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  that this life is eternally meaningful.
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  We have purpose. We have a future.
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  Our faith is rooted in the living, resurrected Christ.
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  He is risen. He is seated at the right hand
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  of the Father, interceding for you and for me.
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  Jesus is alive. The stories are true.
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  Our faith has found a resting place, not in legend or
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  tradition or ancient religion, but in a real, risen Savior,
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  Jesus Christ.