{"id":1383,"date":"2026-04-12T13:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:21:55","slug":"jesus-apears-to-his-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2026\/04\/12\/jesus-apears-to-his-disciples\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Apears To His Disciples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Julie Taylor on the second Sunday of Easter on  12\/4\/26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/120426_202604\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/150326_202603\/150326.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">John 20 v 19-31<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>19<\/b><\/font>\nOn the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were\ntogether, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus\ncame and stood among them and said, \u2018Peace be with you!\u2019 \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>20<\/b><\/font> After he\nsaid this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were\noverjoyed when they saw the Lord.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>21<\/b><\/font>\nAgain Jesus said, \u2018Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am\nsending you.\u2019 \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>22<\/b><\/font> And with that he breathed on them and said, \u2018Receive\nthe Holy Spirit. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>23<\/b><\/font> If you forgive anyone\u2019s sins, their sins are forgiven; if\nyou do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.\u2019\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>24<\/b><\/font>\nNow Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not\nwith the disciples when Jesus came. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>25<\/b><\/font> So the other disciples told him,\n\u2018We have seen the Lord!\u2019\n\nBut he said to them, \u2018Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put\nmy finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not\nbelieve.\u2019\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>26<\/b><\/font>\nA week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was\nwith them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among\nthem and said, \u2018Peace be with you!\u2019 \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>27<\/b><\/font> Then he said to Thomas, \u2018Put your\nfinger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side.\nStop doubting and believe.\u2019\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>28<\/b><\/font>\nThomas said to him, \u2018My Lord and my God!\u2019\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>29<\/b><\/font>\nThen Jesus told him, \u2018Because you have seen me, you have believed;\nblessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.\u2019\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>30<\/b><\/font>\nJesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples,\nwhich are not recorded in this book. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>31<\/b><\/font> But these are written that you may\nbelieve that Jesus is the Messia the Son of God, and that by believing\nyou may have life in his name.\n<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Julie Taylor on the second Sunday of Easter on 12\/4\/26 Download Mp3&nbsp;HERE! Sermon starts at 2:49 John 20 v 19-31 19 On the evening of that first day &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2026\/04\/12\/jesus-apears-to-his-disciples\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}