By George Jesze 2nd March 2026

“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they
crucified him…” Luke 23:33a

“…Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen:
remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of
man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the
third day rise again.” Luke 24:5b,6,7 KJV

A Christian man I had known for many years, a church-deacon, announced he did
not believe in miracles. I was surprised to hear this, and wondered how long it
sometimes takes for the proverbial penny to drop, for he had attended a church where
God had answered many prayers, some of which had indeed, been miraculous.
This man was like many Christians nowadays, controlled by their natural thinking,
their 5 senses. Head faith has taken over from heart faith. We cannot understand
God with our natural mind, for God is a spirit, and as we are made in his image, we
are also a spirit-being. So believing with our spirit, our heart, is the only biblical way
to believe. A 4 year old child can open their heart to Jesus, but a theology professor
may reject the New Birth, because he cannot understand it.

This weekend we are celebrating Easter. If we take the miracles out of the Easter
story, we are left with only a skeleton but no life. Christianity began with miracles!
Every part of Jesus’ life was miraculous. Today we are privileged to read the whole
story, but the disciples could only see it in stages. Their understanding was limited,
and now, it seemed that the crucifixion of Jesus was the end of it all! Where do we
go from here?! Their minds grappled with this problem and a new situation. They
could not grasp that their Lord and Master was now dead. Their world had fallen
apart and their dreams lay in ashes.

Of course, Jesus had told them He would rise again, but these words had not
registered in their mind. Then, as they were hiding for fear of the Jews and the
soldiers, some of their women had come with the tale that they had seen the Lord,
and He had spoken with them! Shortly after, two of them ran back from Emmaus,
telling how Jesus had met them, as they walked from Jerusalem, with sorrow in their
hearts. He had shown from the Scriptures that the Messiah must suffer but that He
would rise again, and in the breaking of bread at suppertime, they had recognised
Him for themselves!

It was miracle upon miracle, and when Jesus came and visited the disciples, they
could only stand astonished at His majesty, and stare at the wounds in those hands
and feet. He had become “The Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the
world”, even as John the Baptist had foretold, and their lives would never be the
same. These miracles may have occurred at Easter, yet their reality will last for all
time and every one of us who have made Jesus our Lord and Saviour, has
experienced a miracle, the greatest one of all – the New Birth. As David Ben
Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister said: “Anyone who does not believe in miracles,
is not a realist!”

So let’s open our hearts today for the miraculous resurrected Christ to show His
wonders and His love to us in the coming days!
Wishing you a blessed Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday!!