A respected theologian and author provides the below quote from John's gospel and then asks a question:
"When Jesus came to his disciples in the upper room at evening on his resurrection day, he said, 'Peace be with you'; and when he had said that, 'he showed unto them his hands and side(John 20:19-20 PHILLIPS). Why did he do that?"
Consider the question. Meditate on it.
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Men's Conference on Pursuing Genuine Biblical Revival
May 5 & 6, 2017
Theme: "Capture Our Hearts Again!"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ray Ortlund
Pastor of Immanuel Church (Acts 29 plant in Nashville, TN)
President of Renewal Ministries
Regional Director of Acts 29 Network
Formerly Assoc. Prof. of OT & Semitic Languages @ Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL)
Council Member & regular blogger at The Gospel Coalition
Author of commentaries and many books including Isaiah: God Saves Sinners in the Preaching the Word Series Commentary Series, When God Comes to Church: A Biblical Model for Revival Today, The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ in the 9 Marks Building Healthy Churches Series and most recently Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel.
Pre-Conference Workshop - 2 Sessions (Content to be released soon)
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Tom Schreiner
James Buchanan Harrison Prof of New Testament Interpretation, Professor of Biblical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY)
James Buchanan Harrison Prof of New Testament Interpretation, Professor of Biblical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY)
Author of many commentaries and books including The Law and Its Fulfillment: A Pauline Theology of Law, The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance and Assurance; The King in His Beauty, and Romans in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Series.
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I wonder His word of peace is connected to the marks in His body... Sort of a visual version of Paul's standard greeting: "Grace and peace." Grace = these marks which propitiated God's wrath and bought our redemption. Peace = one of the precious effects of that atonement.
ReplyDeleteI intended to hint at my answer, but that's pretty close to all of it.
By His stripes we are made whole in Christ. It sounds like a paradox: like finding comfort in our Lord's wounds that can never fail as they plead for us before the throne and bring us peace with God.
ReplyDeleteHow about this for a point of view.
ReplyDeleteThe grave could not keep Him. He has overcome death, and not only "normal" death, a gruesome one as well.
He spoke to his friends in peace and love, and confirmed his victory with the proof that he overcame death. Think about it, his wound were three days old. No man could have survided the crucifiction, and no man could have survived the wounds in the side, yet Jesus proved his sonship by showing these woulds.
So, if Christ is for us, and He has overcome death, then what is there that can stand against us?