Exodus 3:4 "And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I." We concluded our Easter studies with the resurrection appearances in Matthew’s Gospel—public events witnessed by people from all walks of life, including more than 500 at once. As the accounts spread, no one refuted them. Instead, the testimony was confirmed. The apostles, the primary eyewitnesses, sealed it with their lives, suffering persecution and martyrdom for a message they knew was true. These accounts remind us that we are all called to serve in God’s plan—to love Him and love our neighbors. While few are called to be apostles, every believer has a part to play. This week we turn to one of the most pivotal callings in the Old Testament: Moses. Saved from the Nile by Pharaoh’s daughter and raised in Egypt’s royal court, Moses later murdered an Egyptian and fled into exile. After forty years in the wilderness,...
1 John 1:1 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;" We studied the events of the first Easter morning in Matthew’s Gospel. The women were the first to proclaim Christianity’s central truth: “He has risen from the dead.” From that moment, the Gospel spread rapidly. Jesus appeared to Cleopas and another disciple on the road to Emmaus. That evening, He showed Himself to the Ten in a locked room, displaying His hands and side and eating broiled fish to prove He was no ghost. Eight days later, He appeared to Thomas. By the Sea of Galilee, He met seven disciples, provided a miraculous catch of 153 fish, restored Peter, and recommissioned him with the words, “Feed My sheep.” Finally, He appeared to all eleven disciples and more than 500 others, issuing the Great Commission. Over the forty days before His ascension, Jesus made numerous public appearances witn...