DEVOTIONAL - SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012

DEVOTION – SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012

Holy Land Devotional

(PICTURE BY GM DUNN)

“The Garden Tomb - The Empty Tomb”

Have you met the Resurrected Jesus?

By Rev. Tom Austin, Deerfield, UMC

Mark 16:5-7

"As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, `He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' " (NIV)

Don’t Just Stand There

"The women were looking for the body of Jesus but they found the tomb empty. In their shock they saw a young man in a white robe. He told them that Jesus has risen. He showed them the empty tomb and then told them to go and tell the others what they have seen."

This Easter, when you experience the empty tomb and the living Christ, who are you going to tell? Who are you going to share with that you have met the resurrected Jesus?

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20 NIV)