Good morning boys and
girls!
Has anyone told you
something that was so amazing that you could not believe it?
Sometimes
people like to tell us things that we can’t believe. For example, some people
might have told you that there is no such thing as the Easter Bunny of Santa
Claus.
Have
any of you ever heard of a book called “Ripley’s Believe it or Not?” The man who
wrote it enjoyed collecting stories that were unbelievable but true. For
example, a young girl from California once swung 68 hula hoops on her body at
the same time. A man once had a chicken that laid a square egg. The world’s
largest hot dog was over 3000 feet long, weighed 885 pounds and took 103
butchers to carry it. As I mentioned a few moments ago, these stories are hard
to believe, but they are true.
Even
the Bible has stories in it that are true even though they are hard to believe.
For example, Thomas the disciple refused to believe the other disciples when
they told him that they had seen the Risen Saviour. He was not with the other
disciples in the room when they saw Jesus on the first Easter night. He refused
to believe them until he could see Jesus in person. One week later all of the
disciples (including Thomas) were in the same room when they saw Jesus again.
Jesus knew that Thomas needed proof of his resurrection, and that’s why he
invited Thomas to put his finger in the nail holes in his hands and the spear
hole in his side. Only then did Thomas believe.
Some
people are like that today. They refuse to believe that Jesus rose from the
dead because they have not seen him with their own eyes. They want concrete
proof. On the other hand, all of us know that Jesus rose from the dead because
we believe it in faith. We do not need to see it with our own eyes. We have
faith in Jesus’ promise that he would rise from the dead.
Let
us bow our heads and close our eyes for a moment of prayer. Dear God, thank you
for sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Give us the faith we need
to accept the Resurrection by faith. We
ask this in the Name of Your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, AMEN.
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