2012 03-04 that you may believe
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That YOU May
Believe
John 20: 19 – 31
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A few weeks ago I spoke
about the fact that
sometimes all you have
left is what you can
remember of the Bible.
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When things get rough
and you forget some of
the nice things you can
think of when your wits
are with you…
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What’s left is what lies
deep inside your memory,
what you’ve used enough
to be second nature,
what you really believe.
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That’s one of the reasons
for reading the Bible and
for memorizing things
like The Lord’s Prayer
and John 3:16.
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Then there’s the simple
reason that the Bible is a
trustworthy record of
God’s work in His people’s
lives to bring salvation.
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With that in mind, let’s
read today’s passage
in John 20: 19 – 31.
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OK, there’s a lot there,
of course, and we’re not
going to touch on all of
it, but let’s look at what
happened first.
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The disciples saw Jesus in
person and were joyful.
Merely hearing the
suggestion that He was
alive wasn’t the same.
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Much has been made
that women were not
considered reliable
witnesses in that day,
but think about it…
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If someone told you that
something unbelievable
had happened, without
seeing it yourself, you
might not believe it.
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That’s the origin of the
meaning of the term
“unbelievable,” by the
way.
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When they saw Jesus,
though, they believed
and were overjoyed.
Then it says Jesus gave
them the Holy Spirit.
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How we reconcile this
with the Luke-Acts
account, I don’t know,
but I’m not worried about
it, so let’s not fuss over it.
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The point is that Jesus
told the disciples there
that they were taking
over for Him in the world,
and gave them authority.
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There are churches that
say the authority passes
down to people in the
present day, and churches
that say it doesn’t.
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We don’t really take a
hard and fast stand on
that, because of
various reasons.
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Who really would claim
apostolic authority like
someone who had actually
walked with Jesus? Only
whackos would do that.
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At the same time, it is the
Holy Spirit working in us
who was working in them,
and the church needs that
today just like then.
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What Jesus gave them
authority over specifically
was forgiveness of sins,
which is needed today,
right? So….
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Does Jesus give you
and me the authority
for that just like He did
with the disciples then?
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It’s not just power, either.
When Jesus gives you
the authority to forgive
or not to forgive, what
comes to mind to you?
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Do you think of revenge
on people you don’t like,
or do you think about
what it means to them if
you withhold forgiveness?
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Did Jesus assign the
responsibility over
forgiveness to the
sinners themselves, or
to Jesus’ own followers?
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Does that give you a
sense of responsibility
on you to get
forgiveness to the
people who need it?
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Howard Macy, who
teaches Old Testament at
George Fox University,
spoke at Western Yearly
Meeting years ago…
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He talked about this and
had everyone say to one
another, “In the name of
Jesus, I forgive you.” It
was neat, if a bit strange.
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It’s important for people
to hear, from a psycho-
logical point of view, but
forgiveness isn’t just
psychology, is it?
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People need to hear that
God and others forgive
them, but they also need
to know that forgiveness
inside to be rid of sin.
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Sin is not behavior. You
don’t sin once here and
then sin once there.
Sin is in you keeping you
from friendship with God.
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Sin is the separation
between you and God,
and forgiveness is the
wiping away of that
separation.
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Forgiveness is like
going from people who
aren’t even looking at
each other…
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…and then reconciling
them.
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2 Corinthians 5: 19-20
God was reconciling the
world to himself in Christ,
not counting men’s sins
against them….
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2 Corinthians 5: 19-20
…and he has committed to
us the message of
reconciliation. We are
therefore Christ’s
ambassadors…
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2 Corinthians 5: 19-20
…as though God were
making his appeal through
us. We implore you on
Christ’s behalf: Be
reconciled to God.
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That is the key thing
there. How can we
bring forgiveness and
reconciliation, unless
we have it?
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Also, if we aren’t
bringing forgiveness and
reconciliation to others,
what does that say about
whether we have it?
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This may be one of
those things like “faith
without works is
dead.”
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Can people who have been
reconciled with God and
accepted His forgiveness
not be bringing that to
others around them?
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We need to be
reaching out to others
with the message of
the Gospel, but…
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…we also need to be
digging deeper into our
life with Jesus Christ
ourselves to have more
to offer others, don’t we?
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That evening when
Jesus first appeared to
the disciples in the
upper room, Thomas
wasn’t there.
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Thomas was doubtful
when the others told
him that Jesus came in
among them. He
wasn’t there to see it.
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There were 10 men he’d
lived with for a while
who gave him the news,
but that wasn’t enough
for him to believe.
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The next week Jesus
appeared to him too,
and he did believe
when he saw Jesus.
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Then Jesus says
something odd.
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John 20: 29
“Because you have seen
me, you have believed;
blessed are those who have
not seen and yet have
believed.”
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Sometimes people take
this to be a criticism of
Thomas, that it took
seeing for him to
believe.
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Really, though, Jesus is
just talking about the
billions of people who
have believed in Him
without being there then.
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There were 10 men and
Mary Magdalene so far
we’ve seen witness
Jesus’ resurrection.
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There were hundreds who
saw Him during the 40
days He remained on the
Earth, but compare a few
hundred to a few billion.
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500
2,000,000,000
Which group saw Jesus
in the flesh, and which
needs to hear testimony?
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What kind of testimony
is going to do it for
people, followers of
Jesus who are intimate
with Him and…
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…feel reconciled with
God deep in their hearts
and know they are
forgiven of all their sins?
or…
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…people who know what
they’re supposed to
think and say, or know
how to refer someone to
the pastor to tell them?
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I’m here for you, and if
you find yourself
talking to someone who
has questions you can’t
answer, call me.
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…but don’t you want to
be able to speak to
someone with the
knowledge and
conviction yourself?
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Which way will people be
better convinced, by a
preacher they don’t know
or by the trusted friend
who really believes?
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The last line of this
passage, and some
think it was the end of
the original version of
this Gospel, too, says:
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John 20: 31
…these are written that
you may believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that by believing
you may have life in his
name.
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That might be how the
first draft of the Gospel
of John ended, and it
sums it all up, doesn’t
it?
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We believe that the
Bible has authority
over us, that we are to
obey what it says.
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That’s what’s behind this
statement, that the Bible
tells us that Jesus arose
from the dead, and we have
salvation through Him…
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…but what authority
does the Bible have
over the minds of the
people we want to
reach out to?
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…what authority does
it have with them
beyond the relationship
we have with them?
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You and I form links in a
chain reaching all the
way back to that day,
connect-ing the event in
the Bible to people today.
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Does your life witness to
the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, or do you need
to seek that forgiveness
and reconciliation?
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2 Corinthians 5: 19-20
…We implore you on
Christ’s behalf:
Be reconciled to God.
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Who’s “we” there?
Who among you is “we,”
imploring others to be
reconciled to God?
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This isn’t the same
question at all as, “who
needs to ask for
forgiveness?” but I think
it’s just as important.
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I’m not going to ask you
to stand or come up to
the railing. How do you
need to show that you
are Christ’s ambassador?
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There are things you can
do here to show that, but
don’t you think it’s more
what you do outside
these walls that does it?
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What are you going to
do to be Christ’s
ambassador outside
these walls?
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Point them to me the
pastor? or lead them to
Christ yourself through
your relationship with
them and with Him?
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Either can work, but which
will work better? Which
would work best “that you
may believe” if it was you
needing Christ?
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What do you need to do to
be that ambassador of
Christ? Do you still need
reconciliation with Him?
Will you seek it from Him?