Monday – Gospels

Reading – Luke 24

Highlight Verse:

“The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I have questions.

Why was it just the women who went to the tomb to take care of Jesus’ body?
What were their expectations?
Why did the angels sound so harsh (at least the way I read it) to the women?

I can only answer that final question with any degree of certainty.

Jesus had already said that he would come back to life. (Mark 8:31, etc.) The angels expected the women to believe that.

If they had taken Jesus at His word, they would not have prepared the spices for embalming.

Instead, they would have stayed at the tomb anticipating Jesus’ resurrection.

How many times do we follow our traditions when we should be taking Jesus’ at His word.

We observe rules out of fear instead of love.
We worry instead of trusting Jesus’ promises.
We judge instead of forgiving.

We trust a God who is risen and brings life.

Let’s not set Him aside in a little box labeled “only on Sundays.”

Have you ever found yourself trusting in tradition instead of Jesus?
How do you tell the difference between tradition and true faith?