Saturday
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Title: Saturday-------------------------------------------- Date: 04/22/2000
Keywords:
"darkness" "despair"
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Passage: Luke 23:56*
And they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the
Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Questions
1. The verse above says that Jesus’ disciples’ prepared
spices and perfume. For what were these spices and perfumes to be used?
2. The verse says that the disciples “rested.” What kind
of a rest do you suppose it was? fitful? nervous?
3. You might want to take a few minutes and read in your Bible the
story of Jesus’ last few days (Mark 11 and following gives good snapshots of those
last few days). Based on what you read, what emotions might the disciples have been
experiencing on this Saturday of rest?
Practical help
For all of us, there are times when darkness overwhelms. Saturday
was such a day for the disciples. They were grief-stricken over the loss of Jesus. Having
no hope of resurrection (They prepared the spices and perfume to anoint His body - they
weren’t hoping that He would rise from the dead!), they believed that they had lost
Him for good. They were also fearful of arrest themselves, having been associates of
Jesus. Finally, they were also, to a man, sobered by their moral failure. The Bible tells
us in another place that all the disciples fled when Jesus was arrested. They were undone.
Are you in darkness right now? Do you find yourself grief-stricken,
fearful, or sobered by your moral failure? Perhaps by your repeated failure with respect
to porn? You are in good company. Many men and women through the ages have come to the end
of themselves, realizing that they don’t have what it takes to make something
beautiful out of the messes of their lives. And the message to you if this is a
“Saturday” in your own life is simply - Sunday’s coming! The story
doesn’t end on Saturday. Saturday - the day of honest recognition of failure and sin
- is an important day. But Saturday is not the final day. Jesus lives and there is hope in
Jesus. Put your hope in Him!
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright
The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission."