The Race Is On 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Jesus, you can’t get away from the name. Without doubt you will hear that name today. It may not be in a good way that you hear the name Jesus but you will most likely hear that name today. I emphasize the personal pronoun “You” because “you” have already read the name Jesus. But did you know in the last 40 years, over 1 billion people have died who have never heard of Jesus, and around 30 million people this year will perish without hearing the name Jesus. Why did I write all of that information? Because on that day when Jesus gave up the ghosh the centurion said.

Mark 15:39 (KJV) And when the centurion, which stood over against him,(Jesus) saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said,Truly this man was the Son of God.  

 Look what this centurion saw and heard before he says “Truly this man was the Son of God” This centurion realized and was recorded as being the first to make the statement that Jesus was the Son of God after His death. So who was the first to see Jesus after His resurrection? This may surprise you but it was Mary Magdalene. Why is that so interesting? Remember the main reason that Jesus Christ came into this world! Luke 19:10 (KJV) For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Mary Magdalene was lost, but now she knows who Jesus really is and that He came into this world to save sinners. Why is that? Because she realized her lost condition and asked Jesus to save her. How do I know that? Because of her relationship with Jesus. Out of all the people of that day Mary was the only one to linger at His grave sight.   Mark 16:9 (KJV) Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.  Mary Magdalene??? You gotta be kidding. Oh yes God doesn’t think as we do. 

Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV) I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Just because we climbed up the corporate ladder here means nothing in heaven. The race is on, you are either on this world’s track or Heaven's track. Which one!