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The Empty Tomb

An empty tomb, an appearance of angels, without definition, without interpretation, equals danger. Spiritual experiences without a biblical context equals a dangerous situation.

In the book of Job, Eliphaz is telling him, "Hey, man, you see what I'm telling you, I've had spiritual experiences. One night, I was woken up, the Spirit was moving my body, my hair stood up, and he said this to me, he said that to me." Everything that spirit said was non-biblical . It wasn't the Spirit of God; it was a spiritual experience.

How many people do you know say, "Well, I had this experience. Well, I know God loves me because I saw a crow flying across the sky, and crashed into this and then this happened and I know..." People like that drive me crazy.

The empty tomb is not the convincing fact, the appearance of angels is not the convincing fact.

"Remember when he spake to you when he was in Galilee saying..."(Luke 24:6)


-except from Pst. Joe Focht ccphilly.org 

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