Read Mark 16:1-6
1. What was it that Mary, Mary, and Salome were doing the morning after the Sabbath had past?
2. Why do you think that they were going to do this?
3. According to verse three what was it that they were saying to one another as they were on their way to the tomb?
4. What word best describes to you what they were thinking at this time?
5. When they got there what two things did they see and what was their reaction to them?
6. What did the angel say to them?
7. Have you ever doubted that the words of Jesus would come true?
8. Think of an example in your life when you wondered if the promises that God has made to you in His Word would come true or not and what was the result of that situation?
9. Are you going through a time in your life right now where you are wondering of what Jesus has said is going to come to pass? Or maybe you don’t really have a clue about what is going on in your life right now, just like Mary, Mary, and Salome. They didn’t quite understand what Jesus had been talking about when He said that He would be put to death and then rise again from the dead three days later, but it did come to pass nonetheless. The same is true for you today. The promises that God gives to us in His word will come to pass. You may not understand what is taking place in your life right now and are wondering what you are going to do, but just as it was that day that Jesus rose again from the dead, so it will be in your life as well. What Jesus has said He will do, He will do. His Word cannot fail and thus you can put your hope and trust in our God of faithfulness. And when that day comes to pass when God’s Word comes to pass, we need not be alarmed, but instead we can rejoice and be thankful that it came to pass just as He said it would.
by Justin Kantonen
originally posted July 2008
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