Now, I Can Believe :: Luke 24:36-49
I can’t believe my eyes! It’s too good to be true! You know the feeling, don’t you? I can’t believe my eyes. It’s amazing. It’s shocking. It’s a marvel. It’s unreal. I just don’t believe it. Now imagine how the disciples felt that Easter evening. He is risen! ... Jesus showed himself to the disciples and declared peace. He are a piece of fish for them. They touched him. How could they not believe their eyes? Isn’t this the Jesus who also gave sight to the blind, fulfilling the prophecies of Isaiah 35 ? Isn’t this the Jesus who also amazed people with the good news promised in Isaiah 61 ? How many other times did the disciples fail to believe their eyes? Water becomes Chateau Lafite? The dead arise from their graves as good as new? Bread and wine are body and blood for the forgiveness of your sins. Do you believe your eyes? You know it’s all true, don’t you? Every last word of it. After the crowds heard Saint Peter say to the cripple: In the name...