"Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." - Jesus to Thomas, John 20:27
Believe with us this weekend!
SATURDAY, April 30
8am SPRING INTO SERVICE
SUNDAY, May 1
9:30 am Service of the Word (ELW 8)
11 am Sunday School for All Ages
3 pm Tribute to Kathleen Koons at Sandzen Gallery
4:30 pm Colossians Bible Study at Kessingers'
MONDAY, May 2
10 am Staff meeting
1:30 pm Prayer Shawl/Swedish Country Inn
4 pm Outreach and Caring
9 pm BYMT
TUESDAY, May 3
10 am [Area 3 Pastor and PMA study]
6 pm Mutual Ministries
WEDNESDAY, May 4
12 pm Women's Ministry Committee
4 pm Seraph Choir Rehearsal
4:30 pm Cherub Choir Rehearsal
5:30 pm KICK Coordinators
7 pm Fellowship Committee
THURSDAY, May 5
7:30 pm Worship and Music Committee
SATURDAY, May 7
8 am Men's Bible Study
NEXT SUNDAY, May 8 Mother's Day
8 am [Senior Breakfast]
9:30 am Holy Communion - Bethany College Sunday
10:30 am Fellowship
11 am Sunday School for All Ages
6:15 pm Genesis for GenXers
Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lindsborg, KS
John 2019When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 22When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
24But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."
26A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." 28Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."
30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31But 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.
How does Jesus greet the disciples on Easter night? (vv 19, 21, 26)
What does Jesus' peace mean for you?
What do Jesus' breath and the Holy Spirit have to do with each other? (v 22)
How can we receive the Holy Spirit today?
What call did Jesus give to His disciples? (v 23)
Do we as a church and congregation have a similar call? How do we exercise it?
How did the other disciples evangelize Thomas? (v 25)
What are some of the doubts you have or have had about Jesus, the Bible and Christianity? How do you deal with those doubts?
How did Jesus "prove" His resurrection to Thomas? (v 27)
Why do you believe in Jesus' bodily resurrection? If you don't believe it, what could convince you? How could you convince your unbelieving friends and family that Jesus is really risen from the dead?
What does Thomas call Jesus? (v 27)
What is the goal of this scene and of John's gospel in general? (v 31)
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