Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 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 placeContinue reading “John 20: 24-31…. Doubting, if followed up can lead to Wise Choices!”
Category Archives: Resurrection
John 20: 11-21….Then Jesus appears.
11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said toContinue reading “John 20: 11-21….Then Jesus appears.”
John 19:38-20:10….Buried dead, 36 hours later an empty grave!
38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, cameContinue reading “John 19:38-20:10….Buried dead, 36 hours later an empty grave!”
John 11: 28-44….As Jesus is nearing Jerusalem to die.
Martha said to her sister Mary –“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were with her inContinue reading “John 11: 28-44….As Jesus is nearing Jerusalem to die.”
1 Corinthians 15: 50-58….Mystery and Victory
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet willContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 50-58….Mystery and Victory”
1 Corinthians 15: 35-49….The Resurrection Body
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.Continue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 35-49….The Resurrection Body”
1 Corinthians 15: 17-28….A precis of what is to come!
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. Comment: This is where we ended writingContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 17-28….A precis of what is to come!”
1 Corinthians 15: 12-19….Christianity is futile without the Resurrection of the Dead
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and yourContinue reading “1 Corinthians 15: 12-19….Christianity is futile without the Resurrection of the Dead”
John 16: 25-33… Coming and Going!
“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will askContinue reading “John 16: 25-33… Coming and Going!”
John 16: 16-23…. For them it was difficult.
A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will seeContinue reading “John 16: 16-23…. For them it was difficult.”
As I read it! 