Transformed: Easter Sunday- From Doubt to Belief

Transformed

Easter – From Doubt to Belief!

John 20:24-29

62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

65 “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard. Matthew 27:62-66

Though Jesus’ closest disciples had that Jesus said He would rise from the dead in three days, the Jewish religious leaders !

2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. Matthew 28:2-4

The angel had rolled the stone away from the tomb, not to let Jesus , but to let us !

5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” Matthew 28:5-7

8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” Matthew 28:8-10

When Pater and John heard Jesus had risen, they didn’t to the tomb, they to the tomb!

4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. John 20:4-9

24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” John 20:24-25

16 Then Thomas said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” John 11:16.

Jesus will meet you in your , in your , but He will not leave you there!

Thomas truly that Jesus had risen from that grave.

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” John 14:5

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

Jesus made clear that to salvation and to God’s heaven.

26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though 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; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:26-29

Jesus lovingly met Thomas at the exact point of his and then guided him to deep, abiding .

29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

29… “blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29

What blessings do you receive when you place your faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord?

1. You can have your !

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24

2) You can have !

18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead Ephesians 1:18-20

3) You can have a !

40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, John 6:40

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26

Today’s Song List:

Magnificent Trinity

Holy Forever

Thank You Jesus for The Blood

Be Enthroned

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Forever