Loving On His Body

# 756- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 16:1 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. At this point I would like to remind all my readers (listeners) that all four of the gospels differ in the details surrounding the resurrection. Through the years, this has given critics an opportunity to play one account against another in order to attempt to discredit Scripture. It is helpful to understand that no single witness (gospel account) reports ALL the facts. The Christian student has the duty to use ALL the accounts in order to accurately piece together the story. Think in terms of instant replay in the NFL. In the resurrection of Jesus we are blessed with four different camera angles of the same event. (By the way, the Holy Spirit uses this different angle technique in other places of Scripture as well, most notably in the Book of Revelation!) One of the differences we find here, is in the naming of these women. Matthew only mentions two women, Luke adds Joanna the wife of Chuza and other unnamed women. No need to get caught up in who made the list and who didn't. The important thing to note is the love that these women desired to shower on Jesus. These are some of the same women who followed Jesus during His earthly ministry and gladly ministered to Him along the way. It was their desire to display their love for Him even in death. But here's the Good News that they all soon discovered. HE'S ALIVE! How much more then should we have a desire to love on His Body until He returns. Scripture tells us that the church is His body, and every time we minister to our brothers and sisters in Christ we join the ranks of these blessed women and minister unto Him Mt 10:42 "And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward." What can you do to love on His Body today?