April 15, 2010 Jesus and His Disciples 4

"Peace be with you."

"Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop Doubting and believe."

Good Thursday, family day, tax day, morning to you... It is a beautiful day today here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Prayers today for all families, and be sure to pray for the family of God and also the family in the White House. Remember we need to pray for our President and we need to love him, even if we hate what he is doing to the United States and Israel!! Also folks, it is tax day, and I want to remind you that we are to give Caesar what is due Caesar and give God what is due God, and if we learn to give to God first... Also take all those legal deductions, we are to give Caesar what is due him, but we don't need to give him one dime more. AMEN! Pray also for safety in travel for "Spike" and his family.

Prayer request also for the family of "Shelby Brown". This young girl was killed in a traffic accident. Folks, it is the time of year when we lose a lot of our teens in traffic accidents. I want to try and write a safety message for all drivers over the weekend.

Jesus and His Disciples 4: John 20:26 - 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." (NIV)

Thomas was not with the other disciples on their first meeting with Jesus after He was risen from the dead, and when he was with them he, Thomas, was telling the others, "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." I would think at this time the others were trying to tell Thomas how they had seen Jesus and Thomas was doubting them. I mean here are ten others that traveled with Thomas and Jesus and they were telling Thomas that "Jesus was alive." And Thomas, who knew all these men well, did not trust what they were saying.

Ok, now I ask you, do you believe that Jesus is alive? Let's face it, like Thomas, we have not seen Him and we even rely on the word of others who have also not seen Him, yet we believe, or at least I do and know most of you do. You were in church in front of your pastors, and I pray that you were there on Easter Sunday morning and you should have heard... HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE! If you were in church on Easter Sunday morning and did not hear that, YOU NEED A NEW CHURCH!!

I tell you that on Easter Sunday morning I preached with my feet off the ground most of the morning. So we need to have faith, but old doubting Thomas, as he has been nicknamed, since then came face to face with Jesus.

"Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop Doubting and believe." And I am telling any of you that doubts today to stop doubting that Jesus is alive and believe, for if you don't believe, listen to me here, I want to be very, very clear... If you doubt and don't believe that Jesus has been risen from the dead, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!! I have never been one to try and soft soap this... May I repeat this... but first let me back it up with scripture.

Romans 10: 9/10 - That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess AND ARE SAVED. (NIV)

Now if we are saved we go to Heaven, and if we are not saved there is only one other place to go.

So let me repeat what I said... If you doubt and don't believe that Jesus has been risen from the dead, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!! Anybody want to add an AMEN to my statement... Do you know besides those two words that scare so many, "Born Again", the other thing that scares some people is when a pastor tells someone that if they are not saved they will go to Hell.. Now don't look at this as me judging you, I am just stating the "rules" that I find in the Bible. Tomorrow we are going to find out another reason why we are blessed... Let's pray.

Dear Father in Heaven, I don't have a doubt in my mind or heart that You are indeed alive, for I believe in the Word that I find in my Bible and I believe in a Risen Savior. Father, I know my God is alive, and today I just once again say thanks to Jesus for going to that cross for me, and to You, God, for raising Him from the dead. Lord, bless the families on this line, and if there are doubters, I pray that their minds are changed and please use us this day to help tell others that Jesus is Alive. And Lord, bless the families of all of our youth who are being killed this year in accidents. It seems that it happens each spring. Lord, plant a safety message on my mind, it is a long time since I wrote safety things. Lord, please grant traveling safety to "Spike" and his family. In Jesus name, Amen.

Now go forth sharing those blessings and telling others that Jesus is indeed alive and to stop doubting... Happy tax day. Love ya, Pastor Dan.

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