Mary came to the tomb feeling last and wanting to cry. Peter knew his faith, who was in and who was out. Yet when they both felt last, God sent them to be the first.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: First Apostle
When are some times you were beat down by society and made to feel “last?”
Read Matthew 28:1-10. When Jesus died, how do you think Mary Magdalene would have felt? How do you think she felt as she runs to tell the disciples about the resurrection?
How does the resurrection of Jesus change the plot of life for Mary Magdalene? How does the resurrection of Jesus change the plot of life for Peter (Read Acts 10: 34-48)?
How does the resurrection of Jesus change the plot of your life?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
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Samson is set apart. He has a special diet and ways to groom himself. He is powerful and can defeat those who should be stronger than him. But even though he is blind to the ways of God, God is not blind of him.
Japhthah tragically misunderstands God's nature, thinking that God will only act because of grossly large devotion. But the actual kingdom of God is one of grace and forgiveness that sets us free.
The Book of Judges, though a difficult read, confronts us with the ugly truth of how easily we turn away from God and calls us to acknowledge and confess our own sins instead of ignoring them or destroying others.