His Voice! His Word!

Saints of the Living God, GREETINGS! 

It is another week, and we thank and rejoice 
in the Living God, our Heavenly Father, 
through the Lord Jesus Christ, for His 
provision, love, care, and his indwelling 
peace in us by the Divine Person of the Holy 
Spirit.   
Main Bible Scripture:  
John 20 v 14-16 

Other Associated Scriptures: John 10 v 3, 
5, 1Corinthians 14 v 10, Luke 3 v 22, Mark 1 
v 11, Matthew 17 v 5, Mark 9 v 7, 2 
Corinthians 5 v 16 and so on. 

Prayer: Heavenly Father, in the Name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you for 
another week of divine health, divine peace, 
divine provision and divine wisdom and 
revelation of God, the Father of spirits. We 
come today, this very hour, in our own 
accord, to feed our born-again spirit
beings with the rich nutrient of God’s Holy 
Word. We agree that your Word is the truth. 
We trust the Holy Spirit to bring the light of 
God’s Word into our minds and the 
direction of that Word into our spirits. We 
trust you, the Lord Jesus Christ, that we will 
be doers of your Word and not hearers, 
readers or speakers only. In Jesus Name. 
Amen  

Theme/Subject:  His Voice/His Word

I once heard that circumstance makes 
things precious. Thirst makes a glass of 
water precious. Hunger makes a loaf of 
bread precious. For us who are born-again, 
Christ Jesus is precious to us. For Mary 
Magdalene, Christ Jesus was precious to 
her because He had cast out seven demons 
out of her (see Luke 8 v 2). Christ Jesus was 
so precious to Mary that one day she 
brought an alabaster jar of expensive 
perfume or fragrant oil and she stood at 
Jesus’ feet behind Him weeping; and she 
began washing Jesus’ feet with her tears 
and wiped them with her hair (see Luke 7 v 
36-39). When someone is precious to us; 
we bring to such a person our best. In the 
natural, the best that Mary had to offer was 
that expensive perfume.  Jesus Christ was 
so precious to Mary that she brought her 
best to Him. It did not stop there, Mary also 
committed her heart or spirit to the Lord 
Jesus to the point that after Jesus’ body was 
put in that tomb it was Mary who stood 
outside by the tomb weeping and she 
stooped down and looked into the tomb to 
look for the body of her Lord. When she did 
this, she saw two angels in white sitting, 
one at the head and the other at the feet of 
where His body had lain.  
pg. 1 
The angels said to her – “Woman, why are 
Jesus meant what He said to them and His 
you weeping?” 
Mary said to them, “Because they have 
taken away my Lord, and I do not know 
where they had laid Him.” When Mary 
had said this, she turned around and saw 
the Resurrected Jesus standing there, 
and she did not know that it was Jesus 
(see John 20 v 14). The Resurrected Jesus 
said to Mary, “Woman, why are you 
weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Mary, 
supposing the Resurrected Jesus to be the 
gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if You have 
carried Him away, tell me where You have 
laid Him, and I will take Him away.” The 
Resurrected Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She 
turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” which 
means Teacher. Please pause and reflect! 
Now, why didn’t Mary recognise the 
Resurrected Jesus when she first saw Him? 
This is because Mary for all her effort did 
not go to the tomb to look for the living 
body of her Lord but she looked for the 
dead body of her Lord. Her effort was 
clouded by unbelief and overwhelming 
grief or sorrow and not by faith. Earlier in 
John 16 v 22, Jesus said this to His followers 
including Mary – “Therefore, you now 
have sorrow; but I will see you again and 
your heart will rejoice, and your joy no 
one will take from you.”  
followers including Mary should have acted 
upon what He said to them that He would 
see them again even though He said to 
them they would crucify Him in Jerusalem 
where He was heading. It was upon those 
words He had spoken to them that the 
angels and the Resurrected Jesus asked 
Mary the same question –“Woman, why 
are you weeping?” Angels of the Lord only 
know the Word of God and the two angels 
Mary saw knew that Jesus has informed His 
followers just before He entered Jerusalem 
to be crucified that He would see them 
again and their hearts will rejoice, and their 
joy no one will take from them. The angels 
knew this, so they asked Mary - –“Woman, 
why are you weeping?” In other words, 
did you believe what your Lord said to you 
just before He travelled to Jerusalem? Of 
course, Mary, like the rest of the disciples 
failed to believe or act upon those words 
Jesus spoke to them regarding His 
resurrection. If the disciples including Mary 
had believed what the Lord Jesus had said 
to them regarding His resurrection; the 
thought of going to the tomb would not 
have been an option. This is because you 
do not meet your loved ones who are alive 
in the tomb. Do you? The disciples 
including Mary failed to act upon Jesus’  
Word.  To believe is to act upon the Word of God. 
one will take from you.” The Resurrected 
Just as today, many of the believing ones 
fail to act upon the Word of God that says 
by Jesus’ strips or wounds we are healed 
(see Matthew 8 v 17, 1Peter 2v 24). Just as 
today, many of the believing ones fail to act 
upon the Word of God that says that in 
Christ; they are holy, they are blameless and 
they are without reproach in the sight of 
the heavenly Father (see Colossians 1 v 22, 
Ephesians 1 v 4).  Interestingly, the first words that came out 
from the lips of the Resurrected Jesus to the 
first person He encountered, Mary 
Magdalene, were in the form of questions. 
John 20 v 15 recorded the first time the 
Resurrected Lord Jesus spoke to a person 
after His resurrection from the dead and 
that person was not Peter, it was not John, 
it was not James but that person was Mary 
Magdalene. But His first words to Mary 
were wrapped in questions. The 
Resurrected Jesus said to Mary, “Woman, 
why are you weeping? Whom are you 
seeking?” The first question the 
Resurrected Jesus asked Mary was 
designed to refer Mary back to what He 
said to them in John 16 v 22 before He was 
crucified which reads “Therefore, you now 
have sorrow; but I will see you again and 
your heart will rejoice, and your joy no 
Jesus asking Mary that question was not to 
humiliate her but it was to re-emphasised 
to her that His Words must be believed or 
act upon. Had Mary acted on those words 
she would not be standing outside of the 
tomb weeping rather she would be 
rejoicing because Jesus said to them He 
would see them again. Well, He did. To us, 
the believing ones today, the Word of God 
teaches us that Jesus will come back the 
second time (see Acts 1 v 9-11). I pray that 
you are certain, ready and prepared for His 
second coming.  
The second question that the Resurrected 
Jesus asked Mary was “Whom are you 
seeking?” Indicating that Mary was seeking 
her Lord at the wrong place. She was 
seeking the living from the dead. And she 
did that because of her overwhelming 
sorrow coupled with unbelief. Today, you 
cannot find the Resurrected Jesus in a new 
age programme, you cannot find Him in 
religion, you cannot find Him in a so called 
multi-faith. But you can find Him where the 
two or three meet together in His Name 
virtually or in persons. You can find Him in 
the Holy Written Word of God.  
I like to point your attention to this fact and 
that is when the Resurrected Jesus asked 
Mary those questions He addressed her as 
‘Woman’. The two angels also addressed 
her as ‘Woman’. At this time, even though 
the Resurrected Jesus had spoken to her 
yet Mary still could not recognise her Lord’s 
voice and she supposed Him to be the 
gardener. She addressed Him as ‘Sir’. Never 
addressed the Lord Jesus Sir. He is your 
Lord! Then the Resurrected Jesus said to her, 
“Mary!” He calls His own sheep by name 
and His sheep follow Him for they know His 
voice (see John 10 v 3-4, 14). When He 
mentioned her name, she recognised and 
identified Him as her Rabboni, her Teacher. 
Of course, it was Mary who sat at His feet 
listening and absorbing His teaching when 
He visited their home (see Luke 10 v 38-42). 
It is interesting that Mary recognised the 
Resurrected Jesus voice as her Teacher. All 
the times she sat listening to His teaching 
made her knew His Voice. She recognised 
and identified Him by His Voice. For His 
voice is Himself. His voice is His Word. And 
the Word became flesh and lived among us.  
Saints, continue to know Jesus by His Voice, 
His Word and not by any kind of 
experiences. Experiences can fail you but 
His voice, His Word, will never fail you to 
recognise Him. 
Shalom!  
To God be the glory forever and ever in 
Jesus Name by the power of the Holy 
Spirit. I know that you are blessed by 
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them with others to be a blessing also? 
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and how together, through these 
teachings we are growing in faith in 
God’s Holy Written Word.  
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