
Joh 20:19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Fear’s
might have you locked in, but it can’t keep
locked out!
- Joh 9:20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
Joh 9:21 but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.”
Joh 9:22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
Joh 20:20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
Joh 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
Resurrected body ate food and had
.
- Jesus in the prototype resurrected body.
- Scars are
- Scars aren’t
- When they saw the Lord, the disciples were made glad!
Mourning was turned into dancing.
Joh 16:20 Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
The
or Gladness of the Lord helps us
more of His peace.
- the Joy of the Lord is our strength.
Joh 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
This is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that happens at
.
- This is the relationship with the Holy Spirit that
The Empty Tomb makes us
. The Upper Room makes us
.
Joh 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Joh 20:24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
Joh 20:25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
How do you
when you
about people encountering Jesus, and you were not in the room to experience it for yourself?
- Thomas was not in the
- Thomas would not
- Thomas could not believe the
Joh 20:26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
Eight days later, and still in the
.
- the power of holding on
- this shows
- proximity principle. Who has the influence? Show me your friends.
Joh 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
Joh 20:28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
The
we need is on the other end of an invitation to
out and
Jesus.
Joh 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
There is a level of
accessed by believing
.
- Belief based on testimony vs experience.
- Belief based on the Testimony will unlock a new level of fruitfulness.
- The testimony of Jesus is prophetic.
- Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Joh 20:30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book;
Joh 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. —NKJV