He Lives: The Good News of the Resurrection First B Jackson 2022-03-01 Automatically transcribed. Where this and the recording disagree, the recording is the record. ---- Nick, what do you think? Can we should are we we're all ready? Alright. We're gonna we're gonna start with God so loved. Okay. Yep. Oh, okay. Two. Okay. Graves to gardens. And then the next one is great things. We're gonna do that one too. Then the resurrection power. Resurrection power. Are we are we live? We're spinning. Oh, we are. Oh, wonderful. Great. Well, good evening, everybody. I am glad to see you, each and every one of you. I'm really, really glad to see you, and I'm thankful that we get to have a worship gathering such as this on a Monday night. Yep. And can we give Leah Gibson back there a hand for the food? Thank you so much. Leah, appreciate all your hard work with the food, and, just glad to see you guys. Glad to see you. We've been going through the book of John on Monday nights, and we're we're just about through. Tonight is one of my favorite parts. Actually, it's all my favorite part, but the it's the resurrection. John chapter 20. And it's been conversation style. So I read it through. I shared some thoughts, and then I open it up for conversation that if there was something that grabbed you from the text to to go ahead and share it. And it's been really, really good. It's been edifying. So thank you. Keep that in mind. You don't have to share, but know that you're you're able to. But should we start by singing? God so loved. For God so loved the world, he gave his only son. Whoever believes in him will not perish, will have eternal life. The good news of the gospel. Come by you weary. Come by you thirsty. Come to the well and never run straight. Drink of the water. Come bed and thirst no more. Come all, you sinners. Come find his mercy. Come to the table. He will satisfy. Taste of his goodness, find what you're looking for. From God's soul love, the world that he gave us is one and only. Son do save us whoever believes in him will live forever. Bring all. Bring all your failures. Bring your addictions. Come lay them down at the foot of the Jesus is waiting there. Open hearts. God so, oh, God so loves the world that he gave us his one and only son to save us whoever the power of hell, the reverend defeated. Now it is well. I'm walking in freedom for God so loved. God so loved the world. Praise God from whom all? Praise God. Praise God. From whom all blessings flow. Praise him. Praise him for the wonders of his love again. Praise God. Praise God. From whom all blessings flow. Praise him. Praise him for the wonders of his love. Oh, God so loved the world that he gave us his one and only, some to save us whoever believes in him who lives forever. The power of hell forever defeated. Now with his will, I'm walking in freedom for God so love. God so love the world. Invitation to bring all. Bring all your failures. Bring your addictions. Come lay them down at the foot of the cross. Jesus is waiting. God so loved the world. Oh, God. What a beautiful invitation, and it's a very real invitation to come to you. What do you require? That we just come to you and believe in faith. God, that you would increase our faith. God, that you would meet us right where we're at. So many of us in the room is going through so many different things. And and yet, God, you have all of our interests in mind, every single one of them. God, that we would come to you, that we would, yoke ourselves, attach, tie ourselves to you. Amen. Your yoke is easy. Your burden is light. God, that we would lay our burdens at your feet. In Jesus' name, amen. Nothing better. Nothing is better than you. And I'm not afraid. Well, I'm not afraid to show you my weakness, my failures and flaws. Lord, you've seen them all. You still call me friends. Because the God of the mountains, Oh, there's nothing better than you. Lord, there's nothing better than you. There's nothing. Nothing is better than you. And you turn, and you turn moaning to dancing. Gonna and Oh, there's nothing. Nothing is better than you. Let's sing that again. Oh, there's nothing Oh, lord, as we sang that song, we're just thinking, somebody pen those lyrics down because that's exactly what they did. They searched the world. They could not find anything that truly satisfied. And, God, I I think if we went around this room, we could say many of us could say the same. I tried a lot of things, and they just didn't work. And and this is what you do. You you fill us up. You satisfy. You give a peace that the world can't give. And I pray for that peace, God. I pray for that peace around the world right now. Right right as we speak, there could be a a a war. And we just we pray for we pray for your mercy. We pray for your grace. We pray for your love. We pray for your forgiveness. God, help our brothers and sisters on the other part of the world. In Jesus' name, amen. He has done great things. See what the savior has done. See how much becomes the light. Jesus, our savior. Oh, You've have done great things. He's been faithful. You've been faithful through every storm. You'll be faithful forevermore. You have done great things. And we know you do it again. For your promise is yes and amen. You will do great things. God, you do great You conquered the grave. You're free, recapped, reaching, oh God. You've have done great things. We dance in your freedom, awaken the light. Jesus, I say, and then lifted high, oh God. You've wrapped up great things. God, I we trust that you have. We know that you have because we've seen, but also that you will do great things. God, even in the midst of, even in the midst of war, I just I I keep thinking of it over and over again. God, you are bringing all things, carrying all things out for for your glory and our eventual good, and that you hold everything in your hands. And we are trusting Thank you. We're up to John chapter 20, and I would love to cover the whole chapter tonight. So last week, we read about the death and burial of Jesus. And I I just wanted to sit there in it because it is so, so, so important that Jesus went to the cross, his passionate commitment to lay down his perfect life for our imperfect lives so that through belief in him, we can have eternal life. Friends, this is what makes a Christian a Christian, believing in the finished work of Jesus. Now what from the g from the cross, this is what we read last week. This is with just one of them. Let me just. Okay. I think I'm on now. And there it is. From the cross, Jesus said, it is finished. Those words mean more than we know. There was no doubt about it that Jesus did absolutely everything on our behalf to reconcile us back to God, to bring us back to God. We severed the relationship. Jesus repaired it. Are you are you with me? That that's the gospel. We severed the relationship with God. Our sin separates us. Jesus wins us back to God. Through belief in him, we have eternal life. Our work is to believe in Jesus' finished work. That is our work. That was from John six thirty five. But here's the thing. Jesus' death on the cross, that's not the end of the story. That's not the end of the story. It's not even close. If it was, we we wouldn't be meeting here tonight. We wouldn't be singing these songs. We're here tonight because of the resurrection. We're here tonight because Jesus lives. That's the good news of the gospel. Jesus overcame death, hell, and the grave because he has overcome death, hell, and the grave. We overcome death, hell, and the grave because we believe in him and his finished work. That's the gospel. In a word, belief. It's belief. The good news of the gospel is he lives. He's alive. I can see it. I can see it in you. I can see it in the church. I see it through other believers. It's encouraging. And because he lives, we also live. This is one of my favorite verses right here. It is so short, it is simple, but it's profound. Because he lives, we also live. Why? Because I believe in him. Another one right here. This is first John five twelve. It says, whoever has the son has life. Whoever does not have God's son does not have life. God wants us to know death is not the end for the believer in Christ. We can be confident, sure, and certain. When we take our last breath, we will forever be with the Lord. Because he lives, we also live. I just want you to hear this good news. Hear this good news. Keep this good news. Hold fast to this good news. Share this good news. The heading of my Bible tonight is Jesus raises from the dead. And this message is not just for Easter. This message is for every single day of our lives. We live this message. It changes everything. It's what gave those disciples that were following Jesus hope and courage and confidence and peace to go out into the world with Jesus' message of love and forgiveness. This is what gives us hope and courage and confidence and peace as we are going with Jesus' message of of love and forgiveness. I've been looking forward to sharing this all week. All week, I thought, man, thank you, God. I get to share this. I get to share this. So here's what it says, John 21 through one through 31. It begins this way. And if if you would, would you just track with as I I'm reading. Thank you, Nick. And can we give thanks? A little thank you clappy clap for that's a I mean, look at that. It looks like a command center over there. It starts like this. Early on Sunday morning okay. So Jesus was placed on the tomb on Friday night. It is now Sunday morning, the third day, just like Jesus said. While it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran, and she found Simon, Peter, and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. I love John's commentary. They had taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and we don't know where they put him. Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. John wants us to know he was faster and fitter than Peter. Verse five, he stooped and he looked in and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn't go in. Then Simon Peter arrived, and he went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and laying apart from the other wrappings. Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed. Verse nine. For until then, they they still hadn't understood the scriptures that said, Jesus must rise from the dead. Then they went home. Mary was standing outside the tomb crying. And as she wept, she looked she stooped and looked in. She saw two white robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been laying. Dear woman, why are you crying? The angels asked her. Because they had taken away my lord, she replied, and I don't know where they put him. She turned and she saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn't recognize him. Dear woman, why are you crying? Jesus asked her. Who are you looking for? She thought he was the gardener. Sir, she said, if you have taken him away, tell me where you've put him, and I'll go get him. Mary, Jesus said. She turned to him and cried, rabboni, which is Hebrew for teacher. Don't cling to me, Jesus said, for I haven't yet ascended to the father, but go find my brothers and tell them I am ascending to my father and your father, to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, I've seen the Lord. Then she gave them his message. That Sunday evening, the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them. Peace be with you, he said. As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord. Again, he said, peace be with you. As the father has sent me, so I am sending you. Then he breathed on them and said, receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven. One of the 12 disciples, Thomas, nicknamed the twin, was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, we've seen the Lord. But he replied, I won't believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side. Eight days later, the disciples were together again. And this time, Thomas was with them. The doors were locked. But suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. Peace be with you, he said. Then he said to Thomas, put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don't be faithless any longer. Believe. My lord and my God, Thomas exclaimed. Then Jesus told him, you believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me. The disciples saw Jesus do many other miracle miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God, and that by believing in him, you will have life by the power of his name. There ends chapter 20. I would love to pray first, share a few thoughts, and then open the conversation up. Lord, the good news is the good news and will always be the good news. You've risen. You are alive and well, and you are alive and well in us. Thank you. Thank you for your finished work on the cross, for your resurrection, for the hope that we have in you. Thank you for this account of the resurrection that we just read tonight. God bless the reading of your word. May it, God, speak to us maybe in a way that hasn't before, that we would continue to believe that you, Jesus, are the Messiah, the son of God. And by believing in you, we have life in the power of your name. In Jesus' name. Amen. Again, I just I love John's account of this gospel. What stood out to me, I think, this week as I read it was how personal this is. These followers of Jesus love Jesus. There's no doubt about it. They were brokenhearted at his death, but that sorrow turned to joy when they met him arisen. It makes me think of his words in in sixteen thirty three. He says, here on earth, you you'll have trials and sorrows, but take heart because I've overcome the world. This is Jesus overcoming the world. And I just wanna highlight his interactions when he appeared to Mary and the disciples and to Thomas. So beginning with with Mary, she's the first one there on Sunday Mary on Sunday morning. To me, that just speaks of her love and devotion to Jesus. She missed him. She mourned over him. And what's worse here, though, is that she thought someone stole his body. This had to be awful for her. But verse 12 is great. Two angels are there to comfort her because that's what angels do. They're ministers and messengers who bring comfort. Why are you crying? In verse 14, Jesus asked the same. Why are you crying? Who are you looking for? It's 16 that really gets me. He just calls her by name. He just says her name, Mary, and she recognizes his voice. And to me, John 10, I just you know, when we've been reading when we have the benefit of just reading through John verse by verse, chapter by chapter, it's like these things, they just come flooding back. And for me, it's John 10 when Jesus says he's the good shepherd, and he calls his sheep by name, and they follow him because they know his voice. I thought of that immediately when Mary recognizes Jesus' voice. Jesus called Mary by name, and she responds to him because she knew his voice. Real life application here. If we listen to Jesus' words in scripture, we will get to know his voice. We will recognize Jesus' voice. If we have been soaking and been saturated in scripture and we just listen for him, we'll we'll we'll hear it. We'll hear him speaking to us. And when he tells her in verse 17, go and tell the others that's exactly what she did, That faith leads to obedience. Mary, it's me. Go tell the others. You got it. I'll do that. She saw. She believed. She told others. I feel like that's a great evangelism plan, by the way, to see, to believe, and to share. After that, he appeared to his disciples in his glorified body. He walks through locked doors. I don't know how it was. I just know that it was. And his first words to them were let's see if I if I got this right. This John twenty nineteen is what I'm looking for, Nick. Would you would you mind queuing it to there? But his first words to them were, peace be with you. Isn't that so good? So we know before before his death that they abandoned him. They took off. They got scared. They were scared in that moment, they were hiding. But Jesus' first words to them were not, hey. What are you doing? Why'd you leave me? You know, there's a lot of things Jesus could have said. His first words to them were, peace be with you. God's gift of wholeness to you. That is a great way. That is a great way to lead off in our interactions with one another. Extending peace toward one another. God's gift of wholeness to you. That's what I want for you. That's what I desire for you. God's gift of wholeness for you. Much of the the epistles in the New Testament, they start off with grace and peace. I don't even need to wonder where they got that from. That's from Jesus. He always started off with grace and peace. Verse 20. He shows them his wounds, his hands, his side. He wanted them to know, hey. It's me. It's really me. I'm not a ghost. You're not imagining these things. It says they were filled with joy when they saw the Lord. I bet they were. Right? I can only imagine. He was declared dead, and he was sealed in a tomb. And now he's standing there among them, and he's talking to them. Can you imagine? 21. He says it again. Peace be with you. It's like Jesus really wants us to have this peace. As the father has sent me, so I'm sending you. Oh, now they've got a mission. Peace be with you. Now I'm sending you out. Verse 22, and then he breathed on them and he said, receive the Holy Spirit. This is what Jesus had been preparing these disciples for. We see it in John fourteen and sixteen, The advocate, the helper, he would teach, remind, lead them into truth, convict, and convince the world of of sin and God's judgment. The Holy Spirit, it's here you go, fellas. Here is what I'm giving you for your spirit empowered mission. Verse 23. If you forgive anyone's sins, they're forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they're not forgiven. I believe the best interpretation of this verse using the whole context of scripture is Jesus is telling the disciples to proclaim God's message of forgiveness to the world. They didn't have the authority to forgive sin. God alone forgives sins. We we see that in the healing of the paralytic in in, Mark chapter two. Jesus says, your sins are forgiven. Even the religious leaders are going, hey. Who can forgive sins but God alone? Yeah. Jesus is God. That's his role. The disciples' message, our message, church, is to proclaim that it is so. Jesus forgives sins. Trust his finished work on the cross to do that. Go tell that. So in Acts chapter 10, here's Peter testifying to that message. He's going, everyone who believes in him, Jesus, will have their sins forgiven through his name. Through his name. Not Peter's name. Through Jesus' name, sins are forgiven. Again, forgiveness is in Christ alone. We just proclaim it. And you know what else we do, church? We practice it. We practice it to forgive others as Christ has forgiven us. If people can see us doing that, it's a picture of what Christ has done for us. 2425, Thomas wasn't with them at the at the first time that Jesus appeared. And so his reaction is, I'm not gonna believe it. I will not believe it unless I see it. Fair enough. Fair enough. I understand, Thomas. I think I would have been Thomas in that situation too. Yeah. Right. But what I absolutely love about Jesus is his willingness to embrace that doubt. Real life application here, Jesus can handle our doubts. And he deals with us as individuals. He dealt with Mary. All he had to do was say her name. He dealt with his disciples. He dealt with with Thomas's doubt. Alright. Verse 26, peace be with you. This is the third time he said it. Now it's like Jesus really, really, really wants us to have that peace. And he says to Thomas, put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don't be faithless any longer. Believe. And look at Thomas' response. My lord and my God. As earnest as he could be, wow. Then Jesus told them, you believe because you've seen me, but blessed are those who believe without seeing me. People like you and I who have never met Jesus in person. Here's one of my favorite verses I'll just share, this one with you. Peter says, you love him. Even though you've never seen him, though you do not see him now, you trust him, and you rejoice with a glorious and expressible joy. That, that to me that's me right there. I have not met Jesus in person, face to face, in the flesh, but I trust him. And I rejoice with an inexpressible joy because I know he lives. Blessed are those who believe without seeing. Wrapping this up here with verses thirty and thirty one. The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. Why did John write this book? 31. These are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is Messiah, the son of God, and that by believing in him, you will have life by the power of his name. So we're gonna end there tonight. But, again, what I think really what struck me this this time around you know, we we can get things every time we read. Never get tired of reading the gospels. You'll find something new in there every time. What struck me besides that Jesus rose from the dead, which is just huge, is that he really does love us. And he really does meet us at a very, very individual level like he did with Mary and the disciples and Thomas. And he has a purpose for us, That is to proclaim his message of love and forgiveness to a world that desperately needs God's message of love and forgiveness. We've got a good, rock solid message here, church. And I know that you know this, but we truly do. This message can change everything. This message is what gives people hope and despair. This message is what gives us hope when we know that there's a war on the other side of the world. So that's what I've got from John chapter 20. I'm gonna stop talking now, and I would like to open it up to you. You do not have to say anything. I've got a microphone here. Don't be intimidated. It's just for those who are are watching from watching online right now. But if there is a word of encouragement from John chapter 20 or just something that that stood out to you from from this tech, a word of encouragement for the church, I wanna give you a a chance to to share it. So, would anybody like to be the first? Blake has started a new job, and so he's usually the first one to share, which means some if somebody somebody else is gonna have to tonight. He's got the command center back there. Thank you. Well, this isn't quite oriented to the main message of John, but I couldn't help it. When in the portion which Jesus called, said that talking about the sheep, they'll recognize his voice. I recall a book that I read in which the author spent the whole book talking about that particular passage in sheep and how they acted. And what really penetrated and got to me was he pointed out that in the time of Jesus, the shepherds would bring their flocks. And the flocks were not these big huge flocks like we have today, thousands, 2,000 to 3,000 head of animals. They were, who knows, maybe 100, 150. They would bring their flocks to a central sheep pen that was walled in. And then, of course, one of them would lie down at the entrance to the sheep pen so that no wild animal could come in. So that in this sheep pen, there might be, who knows, let's just say three or four bands of sheep, a good deal smaller than the ones we have today. And then in the morning, the individual shepherds would come to the entrance to the sheep pen and they would call each sheep by name. And the sheep wouldn't come out until they'd called, the shepherd had called them by their name. So, the sheep would come out, then the next shepherd would come to the entrance and do the same thing. So, it just amazed me to think about the fact that the sheep, even though that there are three or four bands of them, let's say, mixed up inside the sheep pen, They didn't move until their shepherd called their name. And they recognized it was their shepherd. And they would come out and then the next shepherd would come do the same thing. So I found that very interesting and very meaningful in terms of talking about how we can know the voice of Jesus ourselves. It's a powerful illustration. It was just amazing. Thanks for sharing that. Anybody else? Along that same line, where Al was going, when you're reading it the first time through, I I thought for of Ephesians, if you want to know the sound of the voice you said while you were sharing your thoughts, listen to what he says in the Mhmm. In the scriptures. Listen to what he says in the gospels. If you hear his voice, you start to recognize his voice that way. Then you can kinda tell people are often say, well, how do I know? How do I know? I got lots of lots of things going on in my head. How do I know? But the more time you spend with him in his in his words, not in his word, but in his words, in the word, the more you recognize it. And I also thought of Paul in Ephesians five where he says, be imitators of God. So if you if you're looking for trying to do an impersonation of somebody, what really good impersonators do is they just listen to that person over and over and over. They listen to them, watch their mannerisms, pay attention, And they keep on doing that until they've got a good handle on. And then they can begin to speak out of their voice. So that was the place. It's resurrection power is amazing. And thinking of Peter and John running to the the grave and John outrunning him, young buck, running outrunning Peter and getting there ahead of the time. But remembering all those details, all of that stuff is awesome. And then the very end where he says, these things, these things, there's so much more I could tell you. If that in itself, that little moment from John which says, there are so many more things that happened, so many more miraculous signs and wonders that I could tell you about. That reminds me of John 16 where Jesus is talking to his disciples. He's had them in that upper room discourse for who knows how long. And then he says there are so many more things that I'd like to tell you. Yeah. But you can't bear them right now. But John gives his purpose at 31 and just says, these things have written so that you may believe and in believing have life in his name. So anybody else? Yeah. Amen. Thanks, Ray. I was gonna add two things. I was with one of my best friends yesterday, and he mentioned that he he's been looking at a bunch of different religions and stuff. And he's like, well, the Mormons are really nice. I like Christianity. I think Christianity is probably true, but I don't really like Christians. It was one of those, oh, yeah, real heartbreaking moments. So your your message of grace, like, leading with grace and even talk about, like, here we're in this passage where he's talking to Thomas, whoever he calls doubting Thomas because he wants to touch Jesus and stuff like that. Jesus doesn't greet him with, you know, woe, you unbeliever, you doubter or anything. He just says, go ahead. Touch. Like, ask ask, seek, knock. And and I I think if we approached people more with that, like, seek after Jesus, find out who he really is Mhmm. And and and greet people with that peace, maybe we wouldn't have have to have that conversation of like, yeah, Christians are sinners and, you know, you know, sorry for the entirety of Christian history. It is totally my fault. But, like, but I I think I think your point is just it's so beautiful. Peace be with you. If we led with grace and peace to people First thing. Yeah. First thing he says, peace be with you. Nobody nobody's ever been converted to Christianity because of a talk about politics or anything like that. It's grace and peace. Let's go with what the main thing is and it could work out beautifully. We wouldn't have to have those hard conversations. Thanks for sharing, Matt. Oh, we've somebody in the back. Sorry to run you the whole way to the back. I'm just amazed and I guess the word marvelous comes to my mind When you kind of look at this thing from distant perspective, here is somebody that was killed. This guy was murdered on a cross and he was nailed to the cross. I mean, how gruesome and how horrible of a death could that be? And to be there the first time this came down, I mean, we have the advantage of reading about it and seeing everything that transpired. But you put yourself there in Peter's position or I mean, my goodness, I wouldn't have been any different than that guy or Thomas that didn't believe him when they said they saw him when he's alive again. But I guess the the most marvelous thing that I can think of in in this whole story is what he what Jesus said is he said, give you the Holy Spirit. And so they thought they lost somebody through death, but yet here comes something that is far greater than that, that Jesus turned around and he said, I give you the Holy Spirit. And I don't know. I have trouble wrapping my head around that as to what all that is. And that probably would be for another day. But that's just how amazing God works. And I think I try and understand and figure stuff out. And I realize I don't really know anything. The marvelous feature that the greatest thing that he gave us through his death is the Holy Spirit. Amen. Thank you for sharing that. Don't take my job. Don't have 40 of them. Hopefully, this will make sense when I'm done. I think of Thomas where Jesus said, touch me for him to believe. But he said, blessed are those that that don't see and believe. Yet each one of us that is sitting here with a faith in Christ, that's a god experience. Mhmm. God does not we don't. Our bones don't come alive because of information. It's an encounter with the living God. And so just as Christ allowed Thomas to touch his side and he does that very same thing with us. He helps us to believe. And then, unfortunately free will comes in to a decision. I was just going to say how the thing that impresses me too is how personal he is with each person in this situation. He comforted the grieving Mary who was brokenhearted. He spoke to her and touched her. He specifically went to Thomas and dealt with his doubt, the disciples that were excited and and everything, he gave them a job. He he gave them a go. Mhmm. And so I just think how personal he is with each one of us and how uniquely his ministry touches right where we are, and he knows that and calls us by name. This is more of a confession than some enlightening thought. But when I was before I ever knew the Lord, I was a teenager, whatever, I thought, oh, if I had been alive in Jesus' time, then I would really believe because I would have seen him from my eyes. Well, after living life, I am so grateful that I am born now, and I have the whole Old Testament and New Testament to see the whole story because there's no way. If I had been a bystander at Jesus' death, what I don't know what I would have thought, but I'm very grateful to the Lord that I have the whole history behind me. So it's just a comment. I love it. Thank you for for sharing these comments. It just makes this so much richer because the truth then is conveyed through personality and through your experience too as a believer in Christ. I just really appreciate it so much. So I'd love to end in a song here. Would you stand with us? We'll sing. Resurrection power. But I'd like to pray first. God, again, I thank you for the good news of the gospel that you live, that you are alive, that you are well. And I thank you, God, for the very real invitation. Just as you gave to Thomas, you're you're offering that to us, God, that we would believe, that we would trust. For those who who already do, God, it would bolster our faith. And for those who are not yet there, lord, that it would bring us even closer. In Jesus' name, amen. You called me from. You called me from the great body day. Freedom. Freedom. You have given us freedom. You have given us freedom. My chains are gone. Wanna end with, just one more verse. It's a benediction verse. Is is there one more? There it is right there from first Peter. I wanna end with this one again. It's you you love him even though you have never seen him, and though you do not see him now, you trust him and rejoice with a glorious inexpressible joy. Amen.