Sabbath, April 14, 2007
Mark 16:15-20
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]] (ESV)
by Dale E. Rood
The story doesn’t end with the resurrection of Jesus. A response from his followers is called for. From this point on, what happens in the story depends on us, Jesus’ followers. Our part: go everywhere and declare the good news of salvation. God’s part: give accompanying signs and wonders (vv. 17-18; also note Acts 4:30).
Results: some will be saved and some will not (v. 16). We need to leave the results in the hands of God. But we should nonetheless expect to see God’s hand displayed in lives that are changed from hearing that message.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
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