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After the death of Christ the disciples were well-nigh overcome
by discouragement. Their Master had been rejected, condemned,
and crucified. The priests and rulers had declared scornfully, "He
saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel,
let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him."
Matthew 27:42.
by discouragement. Their Master had been rejected, condemned,
and crucified. The priests and rulers had declared scornfully, "He
saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel,
let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him."
Matthew 27:42.
*The sun of the disciples' hope had set, and night settled down upon their hearts.
Crushed by despondency, grief, and despair, the disciples met
together in the upper chamber, and closed and fastened the doors, fearing that the fate of their beloved Teacher might be theirs.
Crushed by despondency, grief, and despair, the disciples met
*It was here that the Savior, after His resurrection, appeared to them.
For forty days Christ remained on the earth, preparing the disciples for the work before them and explaining that which heretofore they had been unable to comprehend. They reached the place where they could say, "I know whom I have believed."
For forty days Christ remained on the earth, preparing the disciples for the work before them and explaining that which heretofore they had been unable to comprehend. They reached the place where they could say, "I know whom I have believed."
2 Timothy 1:12.
--The events of Christ's life, His death and resurrection, the prophecies pointing to these events, the mysteries of the plan of salvation, the power of Jesus for the remission of sins--to all these things they had been witnesses, and they were to make them known to the world.
--The events of Christ's life, His death and resurrection, the prophecies pointing to these events, the mysteries of the plan of salvation, the power of Jesus for the remission of sins--to all these things they had been witnesses, and they were to make them known to the world.
Before ascending to heaven,
Christ gave His disciples their commission.
The gospel commission is the great missionary charter of Christ's kingdom.The disciples were to work earnestly for souls,
giving to all the invitation of mercy.
*Christ did not tell His disciples that their work would be easy. *He showed them the vast confederacy of evil arrayed against them. They would have to fight "against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12.
*The Savior knew that no argument, however logical, would melt hard hearts or break through the crust of worldliness and selfishness. He knew that His disciples must receive the heavenly endowment; that the gospel would be effective only as it was proclaimed by hearts made warm and lips made eloquent by a living knowledge of Him who is the way, the truth, and the life.
*He gave His disciples their commission, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end." Matthew 28:19, 20.
*The promise of Christ's second coming was ever to be kept fresh in the minds of His disciples. The same Jesus whom they had seen ascending into heaven, would come again, to take to Himself those who here below give themselves to His service. The same voice that had said to them, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end," would bid them welcome to His presence in the heavenly kingdom.
*The Savior knew that no argument, however logical, would melt hard hearts or break through the crust of worldliness and selfishness. He knew that His disciples must receive the heavenly endowment; that the gospel would be effective only as it was proclaimed by hearts made warm and lips made eloquent by a living knowledge of Him who is the way, the truth, and the life.
*He gave His disciples their commission, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end." Matthew 28:19, 20.
*The promise of Christ's second coming was ever to be kept fresh in the minds of His disciples. The same Jesus whom they had seen ascending into heaven, would come again, to take to Himself those who here below give themselves to His service. The same voice that had said to them, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end," would bid them welcome to His presence in the heavenly kingdom.
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