We celebrate Christmas and talk of
the birth of Jesus. Good Friday comes next and we remember the day He died on
the cross. Easter comes, and we rightly celebrate the resurrection of our
Savior, for our faith rests upon it. But we rarely speak of the ascension. Yet,
it has its place in our hearts as well, for in His ascension comes the very
power to live out our Christian lives. Because Christ ascended into heaven, He
sent the Holy Spirit to live within us. Because He ascended and sits at the
right hand of the father, He intercedes for us. Because He ascended, we see
that His work is complete in securing salvation to all who would receive Him,
to those who believe in His name.
I finished my study this morning of
the Gospel of Luke. It ends like this.
Luke 24:50-53
And He led them out as far as
Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. While He was blessing
them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they, after
worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in
the temple praising God.
They worshiped Him. They had great
joy. So, they continually went to the temple to praise Him.
Shouldn't we do the same thing?
Worship and praise Him with great joy, for He has come as a babe, lived a
perfect, sinless life, went to the cross and paid the penalty of our imperfect,
sinful lives, died and was resurrected, and then ascended into heaven and sits
at the right hand of the Father.
Tomorrow, I'm on to the Gospel of
John. A new beginning.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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