<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 16;12&amp;13<div><br></div><div><b>12. &nbsp;After this, he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.</b></div><div><b>13. &nbsp;And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>This same account is recorded in detail in Luke 24. &nbsp;From it we learn that these <i>“two”</i>&nbsp;were not numbered among the twelve ‘Called’ disciples, (soon to be Apostles). &nbsp;We know that one of them was named Cleopas,</div><div>the other’s name is unknown to us, they were&nbsp;not numbered among the ‘eleven’, (Judas Iscariot having hung himself).</div><div><br></div><div>The significant point to be taken from this is that once again, the eleven disciples remained unbelieving.</div><div>Unbelief was not just a problem for Thomas. &nbsp;If I were the Lord Jesus I would be extremely displeased with the ‘slow of heart&nbsp;eleven’.</div><div><br></div><div>Human powers of reason and logic have their place. &nbsp;God gifts us with brains for us to use them. &nbsp;Observable&nbsp;Aristotelian&nbsp;<span>Deduction serves as the basis of modern scientific inquiry. &nbsp;It can unlock the laws of the material universe, it can empower man to look to the very extreme&nbsp;edges of Creation and into the hidden worlds of sub-atomic particles.&nbsp;It can discover how to combat diseases, and harness electrons for mass communication, it can transport us to other worlds,&nbsp;BUT, human powers of reason, observation, deduction, and discovery can never get us to heaven.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>To enter heaven, we must actually learn to doubt our doubts, and employ the gift of faith which God gives us through the witness of others to the resurrection of Jesus. &nbsp;The kingdom of God transcends human logic and defies the laws of nature.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Believers must (be),&nbsp;<i>“turn(ed), and&nbsp;</i>(change, be converted)&nbsp;<i>and become as little children.” &nbsp;</i>(Matthew 18;3)</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>How wonderful, that we are called, <i>“children of God.” &nbsp;</i>Most of our fondest memories come from the time in our lives when we were not paralyzed with logic and reason! &nbsp;</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Our Father in heaven loves us so much as to release us from that prison. &nbsp;What joy and peace is again&nbsp;ours when we have the promises of God, which demand us to believe once more in miracles.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Believers have a peace and a joy the ‘grown-ups’ lack. &nbsp;We can endure suffering, we know our Father is working good in it all for His children. &nbsp;</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, deliver us from trusting in our own understanding. &nbsp;Bless us in Christ to be set free from the darkness of human reasoning only. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></div><div><span>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</span></div><div><span>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 16;12&13
12.  After this, he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.13.  And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
This same account is recorded in detail in Luke 24.  From it we learn that these “two” were not numbered among the twelve ‘Called’ disciples, (soon to be Apostles).  We know that one of them was named Cleopas,the other’s name is unknown to us, they were not numbered among the ‘eleven’, (Judas Iscariot having hung himself).
The significant point to be taken from this is that once again, the eleven disciples remained unbelieving.Unbelief was not just a problem for Thomas.  If I were the Lord Jesus I would be extremely displeased with the ‘slow of heart eleven’.
Human powers of reason and logic have their place.  God gifts us with brains for us to use them.  Observable Aristotelian Deduction serves as the basis of modern scientific inquiry.  It can unlock the laws of the material universe, it can empower man to look to the very extreme edges of Creation and into the hidden worlds of sub-atomic particles. It can discover how to combat diseases, and harness electrons for mass communication, it can transport us to other worlds, BUT, human powers of reason, observation, deduction, and discovery can never get us to heaven.
To enter heaven, we must actually learn to doubt our doubts, and employ the gift of faith which God gives us through the witness of others to the resurrection of Jesus.  The kingdom of God transcends human logic and defies the laws of nature.
Believers must (be), “turn(ed), and (change, be converted) and become as little children.”  (Matthew 18;3)
How wonderful, that we are called, “children of God.”  Most of our fondest memories come from the time in our lives when we were not paralyzed with logic and reason!  
Our Father in heaven loves us so much as to release us from that prison.  What joy and peace is again ours when we have the promises of God, which demand us to believe once more in miracles.
Believers have a peace and a joy the ‘grown-ups’ lack.  We can endure suffering, we know our Father is working good in it all for His children.  
Prayer:  Merciful Father, deliver us from trusting in our own understanding.  Bless us in Christ to be set free from the darkness of human reasoning only.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”





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