Title : Resurrection of Believers
Scripture : John 20:19~31
Title : Resurrection of Believers
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “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.”
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.”
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
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Uganda one of the African countries was reigned by a despotic power named Idi Amin. A dictatorial government of Idi Amin took a lot of innocent people’s lives away, and many people was suffered under the government. The number of the people killed by Idi Amin’s dictatorial government reached to the number of the Pohang’s citizen, 500,000.
Once, the assassins was dispatched to purge pastor Kipa Sampandi who was the pastor of the biggest church in Uganda. Unexpectedly, that day was a Easter Sunday. In the Easter Sunday morning, the assassin team rushed in to the church, and was going to kill the paster pointing a gun. Generally, people who feel the crisis of death get nervous, and when they get nervous, they make mistakes, but Pastor Kipa Sampandi's case was completely different.
Even though the dispatched assassins point their guns at him, the pastor treats them with a smile. And he says this to the dispatched assassins. Guys! You're trying to kill me, so I have no way to live. But I have a request, so please listen to it! When the assassins ask again what the request is, he said to them to lest him pray for the last time.
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