When Jesus first appeared to the disciples after the resurrection, he found them hiding int he upper room. They were afraid of the Jews, afraid that since they killed Jesus, they may kill them, too. If they really wanted to stop His teaching, they couldn't leave the witnesses, could they? So they were hiding, afraid for their lives.
But I wonder if it wasn't something more, too. I wonder if they were beginning to think that
everything Jesus had said was a lie. They
thought He was the Son of Man. He said
He was the Son of Man. The promised
Messiah. But He died. That wasn’t supposed to happen. So when it happened, I wonder if they doubted. They didn’t understand what He had been
trying to tell them in the weeks leading up to His death. They didn’t think that could happen to the
Messiah. When the mockers said let God
send his angles to rescue him, I wonder if the disciples were looking around, too. God wouldn’t let him die! And when God did let Him die, they felt let
down. And they began to doubt
everything.
That’s why Jesus
appeared to them after His death. He
needed to help them deal with their doubt so they could move and do the work of
spreading the Good News to everyone. Christians
were never meant to stay in an upper room.
They were never meant to stay in churches. The work of Christ is out there. It’s in the streets. It’s where the sinners are. It’s where the unsaved are. We come together in churches That’s where the work is.
to get recharged to back out
there.
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