The First Thing Jesus Said After He Rose | Mornings with Mico

Good people. What's going on? My name is Miko. Welcome to my one-on-one time with God today. Today we are, um, we're still looking into the passages after Jesus' resurrection. Last week we spent out, last week was Holy Week, and just camped out into some, camped out in the passages leading up to Jesus, um, dying on the cross and being resurrected. You know, then we have Easter Sunday and just kind of feel led to not shift, um, so immediately after Easter into something else, but to, um, actually just look into the passages after his resurrection and, um, just spend some time letting that minister to us, you know, some things that, uh, Jesus teaches, some things that the disciples experienced, you know, as we're, um, now, um, I guess, beneficiaries of what he did on the cross. So today we're in the book of John, um, starting in chapter 20, verse 19. So I'll read it and then I'll give some context. On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, but the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, peace be with you. After he said this, he showed them his hands inside. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again, Jesus said, peace be with you as the father has sent me, I am sending you. And with that, he breathed on them and said, receive the Holy spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven. And this passage really just kind of jumped off the page to me. Um, here you have the disciples hiding out somewhere, um, from the other Jewish leaders. Jesus was just crucified and they're in fear of their fear for their lives. You know, that, um, that, you know, the Jewish leaders might find them and then they may be crucified. So they're hiding out. Jesus shows up and he does three things. He says, peace be with you. He breathes on them, gives them the Holy spirit, and then he gives them the authority to go out and forgive sins. And for me, as I'm reading this, I'm like, okay, God, there's something significant about this, right? As he just shows up of the many things that he could have done in this moment, he chose simply to declare peace, to, um, breathe on him and give him the Holy spirit and then to give them authority to forgive sins. And as I was looking into this, um, um, naturally, you know, just a curious mind. I'm like, okay, Lord, why? Like, what is this? What is so significant about, you know, um, this passage? Like, why did he choose to do these things? And naturally as, as, as, as I'm just sitting with God and processing it, I, I, I believe that Jesus isn't simply showing

up to just prove that he's alive, um, or just simply to calm them down, but rather he's here actually. Um, this is a declaration. This isn't just a statement to calm them down. This is a declaration. He's establishing what life with him is built on and that's peace and forgiveness, peace and forgiveness. Weren't two random things that he just put together in this moment, but these are actually pillars of our faith and they're foundational. Now that he's back, he's like, Hey, his whole purpose, his divine mission, dine on the cross was to reconcile man back to God. And he's declaring in this moment, peace is now with you. Peace, peace with God is now available to you. He's, he's, he's, he's saying, yo, the distance that, that, that sin has caused between man and God, like that's been dealt with. I'm back. And now security, you know, the, um, peace with God has been secured. You don't have to strive for peace. You don't have to like seek out these other rituals or entities or whatever to be reconciled back to God. Like now you receive it. Right. And I mean, I could delve deeper into that, but that is, that's what I, that's what I, that's what I kind of got as I was unpacking this and I'm just reading through it. Then there was this other piece about forgiveness. And for me, I'm like, okay, the pastor says, as the father has sent me, I'm sending you, if you forgive anyone's sins, they're forgiven. And I'm like, okay. The first thing that, that, that like their first assignment, isn't go out and build a church, go out and feed the poor, right. Go out and preach the gospel or, or, you know, like their first assignment isn't any of these go, go gather people, go, go start a movement. Like their very first assignment from Jesus was to go out and forgive people. And again, I'm like, okay, why? Like, what is, what is this? And, and it just points back to the idea again, that this is foundational to our faith. This is so foundational. It's actually the entry point into everything else. If there's no forgiveness, then there's no way back to God. If there's no way back to God, then there's no reconciliation. If there's no reconciliation, then there's no relationship. And without relationship, there's no Transformation forgiveness is what makes closeness possible and closeness to God is what makes change possible That's the gift that we're given that that that's the power that we activate in exchange for our faith in Christ forgiveness Forgiveness isn't like a side note to our faith forgiveness is actually it's it's the foundation It is a foundational pillar of our faith to walk with Christ is to be forgiven

And if we are forgiven like his word says we are to forgive those that trespass against us We weren't called to be hoarders of that grace of that forgiveness We were called to be vessels for it The same grace that reached us the same grace that reached you that reached me is actually meant to flow through us Because when you forgive someone you become a reference point for what God is like Not perfectly But visibly you become a reflection of his grace Of his mercy his forgiveness of his love We can't fully live in the forgiveness of God while refusing to extend it to others Because the same grace that restored you it's actually meant to flow through you And I think often this is where we get stuck as man. It's like, okay God grace for us But we want distance from people right forgiveness for us But condemnation for people grace mercy for us judgment punishment for other people That's not how Jesus does it Jesus actually ties them together The grace you receive is meant to be the grace that you release So I actually want to next week I think I'm I want to delve deeper in this I want to actually probably camp out next week just in forgiveness I've been on it's been pressed on my heart and I've actually you know just even from family members or other people where I'm seeing like In certain struggles what I recognize is like I can actually identify like at the core of that is unforgiveness It's a lack of forgiveness. So More to come on that man. I definitely want to spend some time You know just with God and just seeing like where he wants us to go in that direction I think we'll probably spend some time there next week. But um, but that's for today man wanting to um, that's that's that's what that's What was pressed on my heart and I want to leave you with this question. Is there someone in your life that you know that You are withholding forgiveness from there's someone that comes to mind someone that comes to heart that you know That this is someone that I need to forgive and maybe there's not someone that comes to mind

But again, that's why we have Psalms. It tells us Lord search my heart Right, like we're just because my conscience is clear doesn't necessarily vindicate me So sit times, you know challenge you to spend some time with God today and ask him to search your heart And if there's any in forgiveness there for someone Let's pray for him I'm actually composing the list compiling the list now of people who I think should possibly be on that list and I've just been kind of toying with that idea for the past few days and This is gonna be part of my arm my prayer time this week, so Take that I pray us out. You can see out of my Lord we thank you for your peace and Your forgiveness We thank you father that arm we get to receive it in this relationship with you we pray that We were that arm as we receive it freely. We can extend it And May it free us from whatever bondage that we may be dealing with May you be pleased may you be glorified proudest in your son Jesus name See ya