He's Still With Us :: Luke 24:44-53
O Most Excellent Friends of God ... why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus who was taken from you into heaven will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. Where is he? It’s one of the world’s greatest mysteries. Most excellent friends of God, do you know the answer? Where is he? Man’s various answers to this question are still driving a wedge through the various denominations of the church today. Where is he? In heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth? Is he with you? Does he have real presence with us here? Where is he? At the heart of the issue -- a dispute that continues today -- is the understanding of who Christ is and what his ascension means for us. I will cut to the chase for a moment and tell you what it means ... HE’S STILL WITH US. Our readings all highlight the Ascension of our Lord. Jesus, the word made flesh, the living God, who walked with us and talked with us, who lives...