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If I speak, my words sometimes have impact. When I'm speaking... more assertively towards my children, perhaps when they're misbehaving, they often stop short and will listen attentively. At other times, my words don't always have the intended impact, like when I'm warning my children ahead of time about doing something, or perhaps advising them about how to handle certain situations.
When God speaks, there is immediate impact. Always. It's how when God speaks in Genesis, there is immediate impact -- the world is created by the power of God's voice. We see throughout the Old Testament that whenever God speaks, action follows.
The same is true in the New Testament -- God's Word, Jesus Christ, has immediate impact in the world. God's Word has authority over creation, which is what enables Jesus to heal people by speaking. This is something Jesus can do that we cannot. We are under the authority of Jesus Christ (so be comforted that Jesus speaks a word of grace and love into your life, saying that he will not lose any the Father has given him!).
When Jesus gives up his life, atoning for our sins, there is immediate impact. The curtain in the temple is torn in two, signifying our full access to God. There are immediate resurrections, with saints appearing in the city to many -- one of those things that was written in the Gospels because it could be verified by the many witnesses. Again -- this was not done in secret, but there were many witnesses to the actions of the Gospels.
And through it all, the women were faithful to Jesus Christ.
May we faithfully love and serve Christ in the same way!
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