What Now?

"John, what should we do now? Jesus is dead!"

"Well, we should pray. Isn't that would HE would do?"

"Yes, but He's gone! I mean, he was supposed to be the Messiah. The chosen one! And now he's dead . . . and buried! I just don't know."

"We all felt it. We all saw his miracles. How he made the lame walk and the blind to see. How could this happen? He said he was God for cryin' out loud. And now he's dead. Can God die?"

"I know. I know. But he's not with us right now. What would he want us to do? Just go back to fishing? There has to be more. What shall we do?"

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That was a hypothetical conversation amongst the disciples on Saturday, the day after Jesus' death. The doubts, the questions. They must have been questioning everything that went on in their lives for the past three years.

Their probable questions are still alive and active today. Only today, we know what happened Sunday morning two thousand years ago.

Today we can reflect on ALL the events of that weekend. That's why Good Friday is called 'good.' It's because we know what happened on the following Sunday. Without the events of Sunday, that Friday would not be referred to as 'good.' At all.

So what should WE do?

Share the good news of Jesus' resurrection! We know the story. The WHOLE story. This is the perfect time to share the Gospel. Who will hear without someone telling.

"¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? ¹⁵And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” ¹⁶But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” ¹⁷So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." - Romans 10:14-17