Today, we want to go back and re-read the last paragraph we read yesterday in Luke 24:
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
If you went to a Resurrection Service at a gathering of believers yesterday, you no doubt heard at least one of the accounts of those who were involved in that experience, as well as some of the evidence presented. What was your first response the first time you heard of Christ's Resurrection? How ready were you to receive it? Peter's actions in the Gospels are often described as impulsive, as they are here: at first, he did not believe the women's message; it seemed crazy. But he stopped and decided to see for himself; he went and examined the evidence for himself, and he kept on wondering and weighing these things in his mind. If you are still unconvinced of the truth and meaning and power of the resurrection of Christ, don't just let it drop. Go back and look some more. Listen to the witnesses; examine the evidence; search your heart.
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