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“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”  So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.  Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.  Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,  as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.” 

John 20:1-8

Verse eight of today’s Bible study tells us that John saw and believed. We weren’t there, so the skeptics among us might ask why we should believe.

If you ask God to show Himself to you, I can promise He will. If you seek Him, I promise you will find Him.

“That’s great,” the skeptic might say, “but where is the hard evidence?” There is always going to be an element of faith, but I can give you some pretty solid circumstantial proof. I think the strongest proof is the action of his disciples. These men go from cowering in fear behind locked doors before they learn that Christ has risen, to martyrdom because they won’t give up this story about a man who rose from the dead. While many of us might be willing to die for the truth, how many would die the types of deaths that the disciples suffered over a lie? All of the remaining 11 disciples except John were killed for their faith. John was boiled in oil, but lived to be exiled on the Isle of Patmos.

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Have a blessed day and happy prepping!

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