23 April 2017
John 20:19-31
“I demand evidence!”
Almighty God, grant that we who have celebrated the Lord’s resurrection may by Your grace confess in our life and conversation that Jesus is Lord and God;
Thomas had enough! Of this secrecy! “I don’t buy it! I don’t believe it…Unless I see with my eyes the marks of How wounds and place my finger in his hands and my hands at His side I will not believe it!”
1. Like Thomas we do not have an eye-witness experience of the risen Christ.
Transition: Like Thomas we have not personally witnessed Jesus Christ alive from the dead. The Easter proclamation is powerful beyond comprehension.
2. The message of the Resurrection is incomprehensible.
Transition: Thomas’ life was literally changed once he became an eyewitness of Jesus bodily raised from the dead.
3. Seeing is believing.
The Savior’s words to Thomas are meant for your ears this day. “Blessed are those who believe even though they have not seen!” Lord, grant us such a faith as this! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Points to ponder this week…
So, what about you? How do you make sense of all this?
What convincing proof does this world need to believe in the resurrection? The claim is still true. Today, 2,000 years later – dead men do not rise. Faith calls for us to trust in the testimony of those eyewitnesses.
Thomas changed from a skeptic to a believer. These visible scars now become the marks of faith.
Image of St. Thomas the Apostle found at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Caravaggio_incredulity.jpg
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