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Listen to The Messenger Mark 16:7 · Life For Toledo

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  I'm thinking today of a verse in Mark 16, 7,
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  and it says, But go your way, tell his disciples
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  and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee.
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  There shall you see him, as he said unto you.
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  Here, the young man at the tomb is speaking with
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  Mary Mary and Salome. When they have bought spices
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  to come and deal with the body of Jesus in the
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  tomb, They find the body is gone, and this man
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  is there to tell them. And, you know, church
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  tradition says, and we're pretty sure, that he
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  was an angel delivering the message. And they
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  were told that Jesus was alive and would be awaiting
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  the disciples and them, for that matter, in Galilee
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  when they got there. This was a fulfillment of
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  what Jesus had promised in his lifetime, and
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  that's pretty awesome. It was an amazing thing
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  that Jesus had come back to life. But it's kind
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  of weird that they didn't accept it considering
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  all the miracles that he had performed. At the
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  same time, we can't accuse them of anything because
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  with what Jesus has done in us, we have a lot
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  of doubt, a lot of anxiety that maybe we shouldn't
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  have. So let's take our cue from the young man
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  at the tomb. Don't worry about it. Jesus is there
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  for you. Jesus loves you and is working on your
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  behalf, and he's going to keep all the promises
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  he has made. Let us trust Jesus and meet with
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  him, not just once, but regularly, until that
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  time which we go to be with him permanently.
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  Praise God that he's arranged that for us. Word
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  of encouragement, this Saturday at New Heights,
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  we're having our Grand Prix race day. Everyone's
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  welcome to join us on free lunch starting at
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  noon.