Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

 ³  but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

 ⁴  While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing;

 ⁵  and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

 ⁶  “He is not here, but He has risen.  Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,

 ⁷  saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

 ⁸  And they remembered His words,

 ⁹  and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

 ¹⁰  Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James;  also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.

 ¹¹  But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

 ¹²  But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only;  and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.”  Luke 24:1-12. 

This Scripture covers the resurrection of Jesus, and we can first quickly note what The Heidelberg Catechism states about the importance of the fact that Jesus rose from the dead.

Question 45.  What doth the resurrection of Christ profit us?

Answer.  First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, that he might make us partakers of that righteousness which he had purchased for us by his death;  secondly, we are also by his power raised up to a new life; an lastly, the resurrection of Christ is a sure pledge of our blessed resurrection.

But, there is more that we should learn from this Scripture.  This fact of the resurrection is immediately followed by the reminder:  “Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”  And they remembered His words,”

Do we remember His words?  Do we remind others of His words?

We have His words in the printed form of the Bible. 

We have His words even in the audio form if you want to use that resource. 

We have His words “on-line” so that we can easily click on the particular book and chapter that we want – Click here: New American Standard Bible (NASB) – Version Information – BibleGateway.com

We can even search through Scripture “on-line” by the use of keywords – Click here: BibleGateway.com: Search for a Bible word or phrase in over 35 languages and 50 versions.

We can go to church and hear His words preached.

We can go to Bible studies and more informally hear His words taught and discussed.

We can “taste and touch” His words through communion.

We can open certain emails such as this one and read His words.

We know of so many other ways that we can access His words to help us to remember them.

“²  But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
         And in His law he meditates day and night.
    ³  He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
         Which yields its fruit in its season
         And its leaf does not wither;
         And in whatever he does, he prospers.”  Psalm 1:2-3. 

John 6:63
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing;  the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.”