John 20 19-31.docx
Community Presbyterian Church invites you to worship with us on
Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at 7th and F Street, or on Linda
Young’s Facebook Live. 

Scriptures for the day are Acts 5:27-32; Psalm
150; Revelation 1:4-8; and John 20:19-31. 

Elder Kelly Winters will
present the morning message based on John 20:19-31.  John says:  “On
the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were
together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and
stood among them and said,” “Peace be with you!”  After he said this,
he showed them his hands and side.  The disciples were overjoyed when
they saw the Lord.


Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!  As the Father has sent me, I am
sending you.”  And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive
the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven;
if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”


Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the
disciples when  Jesus came.  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 it.”


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!”  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.”


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


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


Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of this
disciples, which are not recorded in this book.  But these are written
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and
that by believing you may have life in his name.”


      Sunday School classes for all ages are available at 9:30 a.m.
each Sunday.  We normally celebrate birthdays and anniversaries for
that particular month, with a pot-luck lunch.