A READING FROM JOHN
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
MESSAGE IN A PARAGRAPH OR TWO
The lesson above is the final paragraph in the Thomas story.
Thomas wanted to see the wounds of the risen Jesus before he would believe that Jesus was raised from the dead. So what about the millions of people all over the world who have not see the wounds of the risen Jesus?
We are blessed. We have read and reread the stories of Jesus. They make sense and reveal the way of God which shows how unfortunate is the ways of the world. And we believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
We have 7 weeks of Easter, a week of weeks, to celebrate the risen Lord and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is risen and we have life in his name.