Mark 16:6-7 And he said to them, Be not affrighted: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here… I. IT IS FULL OF CONSOLATIONS. 1. It proclaims that life reigneth. The sorrow of earth is the seeming supremacy of death. The world's creed is a belief in death as the Lord God Almighty, the terror and destroyer of all things. But the empty grave of Christ teaches us that not death, but life, reigns. 2. It shows that love reigns. Death seems to suggest indifference on God's part to human woe. The resurrection tells a very different tale. 3. It restores hope to man. What Christ wins for Himself He wins for all. 4. It tells of redemption being perfected. It is accepted by God; or the great "Prisoner of Hope" would not have been discharged. And, accepted, Christ rises to reign, from a higher vantage ground and with new sovereignty. We have a Saviour now on the throne of all things. II. LESSONS ON LIFE AND DUTY. 1. Self-sacrifice is the secret of goodness, success, and joy. The way of the cross always leads to some heaven. No love is ever lost, nor any sacrifice ever fruitless. 2. Nothing can by any means harm the good. By doing wrong we inflict the only thing worth calling injury upon ourselves. (R. Glover.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. |
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