{"id":904,"date":"2024-04-07T13:51:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=904"},"modified":"2024-04-07T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T12:51:08","slug":"a-touch-for-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/04\/07\/a-touch-for-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Touch For Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Todays sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the second week of Easter , the 7th April 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/070424\" width=\"500\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/070424\/070424.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">John 20 v 19-31\n<br><br>\nJesus Appears to His Disciples<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>19<\/b><\/font> On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with\nthe doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them\nand said, \u201cPeace be with you!\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>20<\/b><\/font> After he said this, he showed them his hands and\nside. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>21<\/b><\/font> Again Jesus said, \u201cPeace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending\nyou.\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>22<\/b><\/font> And with that he breathed on them and said, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>23<\/b><\/font> If\nyou forgive anyone\u2019s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are\nnot forgiven.\u201d\n<br><br><br>\n\n<font color=\"red\">Jesus Appears to Thomas<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>24<\/b><\/font> Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the\ndisciples when Jesus came. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>25<\/b><\/font> So the other disciples told him, \u201cWe have seen the\n<br><br>\nLord!\u201d But he said to them, \u201cUnless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my\nfinger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>26<\/b><\/font> A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.\nThough the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and\nsaid, \u201cPeace be with you!\u201d \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>27<\/b><\/font> Then he said to Thomas, \u201cPut your finger here; see my\nhands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>28<\/b><\/font> Thomas said to him, \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>29<\/b><\/font> Then Jesus told him, \u201cBecause you have seen me, you have believed; blessed\nare those who have not seen and yet have believed.\u201d\n<br><br><br>\n\n<font color=\"red\">The Purpose of John\u2019s Gospel<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>30<\/b><\/font> Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not\nrecorded in this book. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>31<\/b><\/font> But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the\nMessiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todays sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the second week of Easter , the 7th April 2024. Download Mp3\u00a0HERE! 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