The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
Francis ChanIf God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
Francis ChanThe irony is that while God doesn't need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don't really want Him most of the time. He treasures us and anticipates our departure from this earth to be with Him-and we wonder, indifferently, how much we have to do for Him to get by.
Francis Chan