Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 20:19-23
by: Dale E. Rood.
Here is another version of Jesus’ commissioning of his disciples to be his witnesses (See yesterday’s reading in Luke). Again the news that Jesus is alive seems too good to be true, but as the reality of it soaks in, they are overjoyed (v. 20). The commission is here:“I am sending you to continue my work” (v. 21, my paraphrase). The empowerment of the Holy Spirit (v. 22), which is also in Luke, is an ingredient for the work which is absolutely necessary. We are called to do a supernatural work. For that we need supernatural power.