What Can We Learn From Jesus’s Post-Resurrection Ministry?

“To whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” 

- Acts 1:3

To learn how to imitate the ministry of Jesus after His resurrection.

After the resurrection, two discouraged disciples were walking toward Emmaus, carrying grief, confusion, and broken hopes in their hearts. Luke says they were discussing everything that had happened when Jesus Himself drew near and walked with them, though they did not recognise Him at first. The risen Lord patiently opened their understanding, and later they exclaimed that their hearts had burned within them as He explained the Scriptures on the road (Luke 24:13–35). The story shows that Jesus did not leave His followers trapped in sorrow; He met them in their disappointment and turned their despair into faith. 

That same pattern appears throughout the forty days between the resurrection and the ascension. Acts 1:3 says Jesus “presented Himself alive,” not merely as a private comfort to a few frightened followers but as a public and repeated witness to the truth of His victory. The result was dramatic: His grief-stricken, hesitant disciples became joyful, confident, and courageous witnesses of His kingdom. In this article, we will learn from Jesus how to encourage others, reason from the Scriptures, and train people so that God’s work continues through faithful servants. 

The Cross — Love Written in Blood: A Meditation on the Death of Christ

But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

- Isaiah 53:5

Today, we pause before the most sacred moment in human history: the death of Jesus Christ. Kings have died, prophets have died, martyrs have died, and reformers have died, but none has died like the Son of God. The apostle Paul said, “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). That statement is not merely a slogan; it is the heartbeat of Christian faith. At the centre of the gospel stands the cross, and at the centre of the cross stands the love of God, written not in ink but in blood. Isaiah had already foretold it with piercing clarity: “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities” (Isa. 53:5). The cross, therefore, is not an accident of history; it is the chosen way by which God would rescue sinners, reveal justice, and display mercy in the same act of redemption. 

Lessons from the Seven Last Words of Jesus on The Cross

The seven last words of Jesus were not spoken in a quiet room, but in the violence and shame of crucifixion, one of the cruellest forms of execution in the ancient world. Crucifixion was not merely a quick way to kill a condemned man; it normally involved scourging, public humiliation, and prolonged suffering, often with the victim stripped, bound, and nailed to a crossbeam. The Gospel of John records that Jesus was scourged before His death, and the historical setting helps us feel the weight of every word He spoke from the cross. These words matter because they were spoken at the point of extreme suffering, yet they reveal not despair, but holy purpose, divine love, and unbroken obedience. At the Transfiguration, the Father commanded the disciples, “Hear Him!” (Matthew 17:5), and that same command still stands over the cross: listen carefully to Jesus, because His final words unveil the heart of God.

When Jesus spoke from the cross, He was not speaking as a weak victim trying to survive. He was speaking as the Son who knew exactly why He had come. The crucifixion scene shows mockery, rejection, physical agony, and spiritual burden, yet every sentence Jesus uttered carried eternal meaning. In these sayings, we see forgiveness, salvation, family care, anguish, thirst, victory, and surrender. Taken together, the seven last words are not just the final sounds of a dying man; they are a sermon from the Saviour, a window into His mission, and a call to respond with faith, repentance, and obedience. The cross, therefore, becomes the place where suffering and glory meet, and where the true identity of Jesus becomes impossible to ignore.

Finding Christ in the Afikomen

Credits to The Chosen

Passover is one of the Bible’s great memorial feasts, rooted in the night when God delivered Israel from Egypt by blood, judgment, and redemption. Scripture says, “This day shall be to you a memorial” and that “the blood shall be a sign for you” so that God would “pass over you” when He struck Egypt (Exodus 12:13–14). In Jewish memory, Passover celebrates liberation from slavery, while in Christian reading it also becomes a powerful preview of the saving work of Christ. The feast is not merely about the past; it is a covenantal reminder that God rescues, marks, and redeems His people. For that reason, many believers see Passover as one of the clearest Old Testament windows into the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Aligned: When Prayer Moves from Request to Surrender (Matthew 26:36–39)

 

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 26:36–39 

Prayer aligns our desires with God's purposes, surrendering to His will

Prayer is one of the clearest signs that human beings know they are not enough on their own. We pray because we are limited. After all, life is uncertain, and the heart longs for help that only God can give. Yet prayer can quietly drift from communion with God into a strategy for controlling outcomes. That is why Matthew 26:36–39 is so important. In Gethsemane, Jesus shows that prayer is not a tool for persuasion, but a holy place of surrender. The objective is not merely to get what we want; it is to have our desires reshaped so they align with God’s purposes. In that garden, the Saviour prayed with honesty, depth, and submission, revealing what true prayer looks like when it moves from request to surrender.