The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-06-05
JESUS APPEARS
TO THE APOSTLES
Sunday School Lesson Tor Jsns7. 1905
Specially Prepared for rs PAPER

LESSON TEAT.-ohn NA Memory
verses 70. ~
GOLDEN TExT.-'Thomas answered
and said unto him: My Lord and ny
God John c&
RECORDED APPEARANCES OF
JESTS-Frst appearance % Jesus after
The resurrection. 20 Mary Magtaiene.
Mark i6s-n. John &.u-l> second Ap-
perance. 20 the her women Malt =,
, 10 Third appearance. 10 Peter Luke
.A Fourth appearance. TO TWO disciples
on the way TO Emmaus- Luke AD-As
Marx 1914 a. Fifth appearance. 20 ten
disciples. Thomas absent Marx 1914.
Luke a Sos: John Nis-& sixth APP
pearance. 20 the Eleven. including
Thomas John Mss sevent appear
ance after his resurrection. 20 seven
disciples by the Sea o. Gaiiee. John Il
is Eighth appearance. 10 the Eleven on
a mountain In Galiiee. Matt &iel.
Mars is.l5-iS Ninth appearance. 20 500
al once: l Cor. Is s perhaps the same
as I'D. Tenth appearance. 10 James !
Cor. i5I. Eleventh appearance. 20 Tho
Eleven. on the Mount Of Olives tile as
cension: Luke 24s4-S. Mark e y. -
Acts l.i-ii.
TlME-The appearance % the ten dis
cipies and Others WAS on Sunday evening.
April 3. A. II. =. The appearance when
Thomas vas present was on the fciioWing
Sunday. April i6
PLACE.-In Jerusalem. probably the
upper room Of The Last supper Emmaus.
a village seven and a half miles from
Jerusalem.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
We have seen how poorly prepared
were the disciples for Christs resurrec-
ton. how slowly they believed. how
little they understood the meaning Of
the great event. The resurrection q
Jesus Christ IS the turning point in
human time. changing Il may be the
trend Of divine eternity itself IL gives
US. first a certified Christianity. an ac-
credited salvation. and. secondly. II
gives us a present. living. communing
Saviour -Boardman. IL was the main
purpose Of Christ's appearances
through the 40 days between the resur-
rection on April 9 and the ascension
on May IS 10 teach his disciples what
this resurrection meant 10 them and
70 the world, that il might become the
power Of their preaching in al lands
The risen Lord first appeared 10 his
assembled disciples on the evening OF
Easter day. the resurrection SUNDAY
For a time the Christians observed
both the Jewish Sabbath and this
first day OF the week, but when
obliged TO choose between the two.
they naturally settled upon the day
when Christ roes from the dead. rath-
er toan hat when he lay IN the grave.
Our Sunday is therefore a standing
evidence or the reality Of Christs res
direction.
The disciples were perhaps in the
anne upper room in Jerusalem where
they had eaten the Lords Supper.
They yer brave. for IL spite Of the
Jews they dated 10 assemble: they
were timid, for they barred themselves
IL for fear OF the Jews. Alexander
Maclaren. d. D. They were eating
their evening meal together MARK.
with what sad thoughts OF the neal
eaten with their Lord only two days
before,
The eleven disciples were there.
except Thomas. who had "aQ-
%parently thrown away all hope
Cambridge Bible. Other disciples
we're also present CLuke 24.33l.
and the two from Emmaus were tell
ing their joyful story when the risen
Lord appeared in the room and was
at once recognized by the company.
Christ's risen body was different from
the body he had beforedeath. Il. I tcould
not have been no body. since il was
handled and ate food. .. 1t was. in
some respects. the same body that had
been crucihed. since il carried the
wounds OF the cross. while the cruel
fed body had disappeared. 3. IL was.
in some respects. a changed body, for
i manifested powers which fl had
never before manifested"-J. VI.
Wilton. Ph.D. IL appears and disap-
pears suddenly and mysteriously. and
caL quickly 10Y from one place 10
another. 1t can eat: but Il no longer
needs TO eat: IL can reveal itself in
n place. but is lot bound to this one
place. Van 0osterzee.
Thomas doubt was met By our
Lords sixth appearance-one week
later tihe eight days including both
Sundays. according TO the Jewish
mode Of r~eckoningb. in the anne upper
room. and under quite the same cir
cumstances. The closed doors. the
mysterious entrance. the quiet opening
address. repeat the first occurrence.
Thomas alone is addressed this time.
and hidden 10 test in his own way the
reality Of Chrst's body; and be not
faithless. but believing.
Christs reply 10 Thomas confession
has been called the last Beatitude
Thomas believed. but only because he
had seen with his eyes. Blessed are
they that have not seen. and - have
believed"
The first conclusion Of the Gospel IL
with verses 30. 81. John might 20 on
Ind definitely. recording the wonderful
deeds and words OF bis Lord John I'll:
25l. lie had written enough. however.
to complete his purpose. the proof OF
the opening declaration Of the book.
that "the Word was Cod" and the
Word became flesh"
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