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Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, be pleased to reveal yourself to your servants. Oh, for the uplifting of the veil, for the drawing near of the people that are made glad by the blood, for the speaking of God to the soul, and the speaking of our soul unto God. Oh, to communicate with the Eternal; we can have this kind of fellowship because we are raised up together with Christ and have been brought to sit in the heavenly places with him.

Oh savior, grant us a glimpse of your great love. One flash of your eye is brighter than the noonday. One word from your lips will be sweeter to us and more full of music, than the harps of angels. Grant it to every one of your children all over the world, both to the sick and to the dying. Oh how gloriously will they die!

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples the news. Just then Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ They came up, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.” (Matthew 28:8–9)

These holy women were not Unitarians; knowing that Jesus was the Son of God, they had no hesitation in worshiping him. There must have been a new attraction about Christ after he had risen from the dead, something more sweet about the tones of his voice, something more charming about the countenance that had been so marred, at Gethsemane, and Gabbatha, and Golgotha. Perhaps these timid souls clung to their Lord through fear that he might be again taken for them, so “they held him by the feet, and worshiped him,” fear and faith striving within them. He said he would rise from the dead, and he did; he says that his people also shall rise, and they shall.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Jesus Really Rose From the Dead (So What?)

This week, I’ve shared several apologetic resources to help you defend the resurrection of Jesus. But why does it matter that Jesus rose from the dead? While we love and embrace the cross, we often don’t give the resurrection of Jesus very much attention. But when we read the New Testament, we see that the resurrection of Jesus is actually just as crucial to our salvation as the cross.

If you want help learning about WHY the resurrection was so important, check out Risen: 50 Reasons Why the Resurrection Changed Everything by Steven D. Mathewson. You’ll walk away from this book with an increased understanding of why Jesus’ resurrection is so important AND increased hope, because you’ll better understand the benefits of Jesus’ resurrection.

This book will strengthen your faith, so I hope you’ll check it out today.

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