Jesus Has Risen, He Is Not Here!
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!
Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” Then they remembered his words.
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. (Luke 24:1-12) NIV 2011
Many times some people have dismissed the words of those who have seen Jesus in our days, who have a personal relationship with him as nonsense. When they look at some of the women or men who are telling them, that Jesus is risen, they see no substance in them. Sometimes they don't even drive flashy or fancy cars. Sometimes they don't even own houses. Sometimes they don't even have a regular job, or a prestigious one. At times they don't follow the fashion of the day. In the days of Jesus, women were not listened to. They were discounted in almost everything. Women were not counted, only the household they lived in as belonging to their fathers or husbands. the women of Jesus' days had no property to their name. That was the culture in which Jesus grew in. That was the culture in which he preached, taught and perfomed miracles and wonders. Jesus had many followers and among them women but his disciples were men according to the culture. Yet God chose to tell the women first. And these women remembered His words.
At the Temple of worship, the women's place was in the Outer Court, where sometimes they could not even hear what was going on in the Inner Court. Perhaps when they went home, their fathers or brothers or husbands reported to or informed them.
Do not miss out on Jesus's Resurrection by discounting the wonderful and powerful message of the woman or man who brings it to you just because of popular culture, tradition, culture, society, class, education, status, ego, belief, just like the Eleven men apostles then. For you will definitely miss out on your soul and eternal life with God, our Creator when He calls us.
The message is still true today as it was then; He has risen from the dead, He is not here!
Oluyimba:
Omukwano Gwa Yesu
2. Byonna ebitalabika
Kaakano mbirengedde;
Bibikuliddwa gyendi
Ku lw'ekisa kya Yesu;
Era ebinafu by'ensi
Katonda yabironda,
Alyoke akwase ensonyi
Eby'amaanyi mangi nnyo.
Alyoke akwaase ensonyi
Eby'amaanyi mangi nnyo.
Song:
On the Resurrection morning Jesus rose again,
Rose again triumphantly appeared again to people,
Angels standing by the tomb told them not to cry,
He is risen from the dead, He is not here!
Chorus: He is risen x3 from the dead.
Rev. Jessica Nakawombe
Sunday, Easter, 24 April, 2011
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