Sermon: The Healing Wounds of Jesus |John 20:19-31| Jesus and Thomas

Wounds tell a story: scraped knees tell of recklessness, scarred wrists tell of despair, and scarred souls tell of misery, but even those wounds can be taken up into Jesus’ wounds and be transformed into a part of the resurrection story. How? By what Jesus gives out in today’s Gospel reading: forgiveness of sins. As Jesus has forgiven you of all your sins, he takes those wounds of yours and brings them into his, so that you would experience the heart of Jesus—the very place of love. Anything less than entering into Jesus’ wounds and touching his heart will not do for you today because it is there in Jesus’ wounds, we see Jesus as our Lord and God and see our life in the light of his resurrection. We all come with our wounds and our fears today as did Thomas and the rest of the apostles. Today Jesus invites you to come to him and place your hands in His hands and in His side.

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