Week after the Resurrection
Opening
In my study time on 4/13/21, the Lord put Isaiah 43:1-7 on my heart. It is the most profound passage I believe I have ever encountered. Also, this prophecy from Isaiah really speaks to how much the Father and the Son love you. This passage will be coming from The Message Bible.
Isaiah 43:7 (Message Bible)
1 But now, God’s Message, the God who made you in the first place, Jacob, the One who got you started, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you. I’ve called your name. You’re mine.
2 When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end –
3 Because I am God, your personal God, The Holy of Israel, your Savior. I paid a huge price for you: all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in!
4 That’s how much you mean to me! That’s how much I love you! I’d sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you.
5 “So don’t be afraid: I’m with you. I’ll round up all your scattered children, pull them in from east and west.
6 I’ll send orders north and south: ‘Send them back. Return my sons from distant lands, my daughters from faraway places.
7 I want them back, every last one who bears my name, every man, woman, and child Whom I created for my glory, yes, personally formed and made each one.'”
In all my life, I do not think I’ve read such wonderfulness. This prophecy by Isaiah describes the love of the Father and Jesus, which describes the lengths He would go to save us: his children. This LOVE is never more apparent than when the Father sends His ONLY Son to die for us at Mt. Calvary. This is the week after the Resurrection. So many things are happening with the disciples and with Jesus’ return to Earth before He ascended to the Father. Here is where we pick things up in The Risen (the movie we will watch).
Work Session
The verse Risen is based upon:
The Centurion said, “This was the Son of God: this man was righteous,” (Luke 26:47) NIV
(When the captain there saw what happened, he honored God: “This man was innocent! A good man, and innocent!” Luke 23:24 Message Bible)
Closing –
Prayer Request and Prayer
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