'A RESURRECTED BODY'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           

 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday,   

September 22^nd, 2019 

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/19.09.22.mp3

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This week's broadcast is the sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah. 

The sermon was called "A Resurrected Body" 

 It is part of my series, "Knowing Jesus: Death Defeated."

"A Resurrected Body"

  

Today’s Reading:  John 20:19-31  (ESV)

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,^[a] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,^[b] was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”
²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹ but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Footnotes:

1. John 20:19 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
2. John 20:24 Greek Didymus

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NOTES:

Knowing Jesus: John’s Intimate Biography

Death Defeated

The Great Exchange

John 20:19-31

 

1. The problem is not that God is at enmity with you, but that you are at enmity with God.
   
2. Jesus did everything needed for you to enter into a real, just, peace with God.
   
3. Lord, please grip me with the Gospel so that I will stop habits of feeding disbelief and lack of trust in You.
   
4. Lord, please grip me with the Gospel so that I will grow habits that feed belief and trust in You.
   

George Sinclair George is the Lead Pastor at Church of the Messiah.
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To listen to the above broadcast, click on the following link:

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/19.09.22.mp3