The Breathe Of God
John 20:19-31 What Happens When God Breathes on You?
Joh 20:19-22 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Two Sunday's ago was Easter and we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. We talked about the women that came to the tomb to anoint Jesus and saw the angels, they hurried and told the others and Peter came running to the tomb to find it empty. We talked about the two fellows on the road to Emmaus and how they didn't recognize Jesus at first after they had spent the day with him.
Later that evening and Jesus had appeared to several people! Mary Magdalene, the other women at the tomb, Peter in Jerusalem, and the Emmaus travelers.
Now we find Jesus making his first appearance to ten of the disciples, Thomas was not present. The disciples were locked away in a room and they were no doubt, struggling with the reports of the sightings of Jesus, the now believed risen Savior.
Picture their state of mindÂ…they are gathered or hiding in this locked room because they are still fearing the angry Jewish brethren that have crucified their Jesus and they believe that they would like to do the same thing to his followers. They have heard some reports of Jesus being alive but they have not seen him and so they are filled with doubt and confusion.
They are struggling with the question of what do we do now? We are leaderless, we have no direction, we have wasted the last three...
Please login to view the full essay...