It Begins In The Upper Room

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BY Dennis Morreau | May 20, 2020

The worst day the Church will ever have was Good Friday. Judas turned in our Lord, Peter denied Him three times and the other ten disappeared. These were the twelve with whom Jesus had just spent three years. No one knew Him better and yet all twelve apostles had failed Him. I want you to focus on Christ’s attitude towards the twelve after the resurrection and ask yourself this question: Was Christ mad at His apostles? If you read the last couple of chapters of John you will find that the answer is no. When Jesus appears to them inside their locked upper room he shows them the same unconditional love that He demonstrated before, then gives them work to do. He begins all of this with the words “Peace be with you”. These words are so important He says them three times. Thus what began in that upper room where a small group of people huddled in fear went on to build the Christian Church even though joining that church meant being hunted, persecuted and killed for nearly three hundred years. Continue reading “It Begins In The Upper Room”