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June 4
Monday


READ:
John 14:1-6
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A little while longer
and the world will see
Me no more, but you
will see Me. Because I
live, you will live also.
__John 14:19
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We admire anyone who makes a defeat. In 2001, Sports Illustrated magazine featured an article on the greatest comebacks of all time. Surprisingly, they selected the resurrection of Jesus as number one. It was stated this way: "Jesus Christ, 33 AD. Defies critics and stuns the Romans with His resurrection."

How discerning! In any list of history's comebacks, Jesus' victory over the grave surely merits first place. Indeed, His resurrection is in a class that soars above any other comeback.

Death ultimately triumphs over life. When a person dies, there is no possibility of renewed existence--at least not in this world. But that wasn't so with Jesus. He had promised His disciples that after being crucified by His enemies, He would come back to life--triumphing over the grave. Matthew records this in his gospel: "Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things...and be killed, and be raised the third day" (16:21). And that is what happened to our Savior.

Jesus Christ's comeback assures us that we too by faith in Him will come back when we are resurrected from the grave (John 11:25-26). __Vernon Grounds
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~~~~~~~~~When Jesus died upon the cruel cross,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~"This is the end," thought many standing by;~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~But we can put our faith in what He said:~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~"If you believe in Me, you'll never die." __Hess~~~~~~~~~
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The empty tomb is the foundation of our faith.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~TODAY'S BIBLE READING __John 14:1-6~~~~~~~~

1 Let not your heart be
troubled; you believe in
God, believe also in Me.

2 In My Father's house are
many mansions; if it were
not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place
for you. 3 And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I
will come again and receive
you to Myself; that where I
am, there you may be also.

4 And where I go you know,
and the way you know.

5 Thomas said to Him,
"Lord, we do not know
where You are going, and
how can we know the way?"

6 Jesus said to him, "I am
the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me."
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Jesus' words in John 14 took place in the upper room, as part
of the "Upper Room Discourse"__His last message to His men
before going to Gethsemane and ultimately the cross. Although
the discourse includes John 14, 15, and 16, the name "Upper
Room Discourse" may be a bit of a misnomer. In 14:31, Jesus says,
"Arise, let us go from here." Apparently, chapters 15 and 16 contain teaching that Jesus delivered as they were making their way through
the dark streets of Jerusalem on the way to Gethsemane, not in the
upper room. __WEC