April 21 - 27

Here are the scriptures for this week's podcast:

April 21 - Matthew 28: 1-10

April 22 - Matthew 28: 11-15

April 23 - Luke 24: 13-24

April 24 - Luke 24: 25-35

April 25 - Luke 24: 36-49

April 26 - John 20: 24-29

April 27 - John 21: 1-6

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:18

Welcome to Flip Devotional the Podcast, where each week Martha Shannon, the author of Flip Devotional the Book, and Steve Shannon, discuss the readings from the week. If you haven't gotten Flip Devotional the Book, it is still available on Amazon and Barnes Noble, a little pricier than I wish. The ebook is available on Barnes Noble for $9.99. I'm also posting the scriptures from the readings on the podcast notes. So if you don't have the book, you can pull those scriptures up and you can read them ahead of time. Read them day to day, however fits you. We also have the companion verses that are available on Flip Devotional Facebook page where you can read verses that coincide with the Flip Devotional Scriptures. If you read Flip Devotional last year and want something different, or you want to read something in addition to the Flip Devotional Scriptures. This is all about getting you to read your Bible, for you to dig into it. It's the whole purpose of this. We go. Yes. And then we go as far south. I I don't know if Satch, Texas, is further south than Ring Gold, Georgia or not. Oh, sorry. We have a Bellevue, Florida. That's gonna probably be the furthest south. Um, and then North, Chicago, I think is the furthest north we go. Um, so kind of fun. Yeah. I don't know. It's I guess my second hobby is tracking where where our podcast is being listened to. Oh, so much data we can have so much fun with. All right. We are continuing Easter passages um for the entire month of April. Uh last week we ended uh April 20th with Jesus is in the tomb. Um they've put the guards up just in case.

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Just in case they come by the disciples and take his body.

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Yeah, to make it look like he rose and that what happened, haha, you know, really did. So today we start on April 21st, and we're going through April 27th. April 21st is Matthew 28, 1 through 10. And this is when the the women go to the tomb. Is what this part say.

SPEAKER_00 4:11

I was like, the other Mary.

SPEAKER_03 4:13

Yeah, well, you know, there's like at at least three Marys, so I'm sure it gets a little confusing. Um they they left to go to the tomb. Now I'm not sure. I'm not sure what their plan was. Were they just going to just see the tomb? And you know, like you would visit a grave site. Were they just going to visit?

SPEAKER_00 4:49

Um I thought some other gospel that they were going to help prepare the body.

SPEAKER_03 4:56

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 4:57

So I think they saw him be obviously they knew what tomb he was in. So somewhere they saw that. They didn't see it in Matthew. But I think that's, you know, that was their reasoning for going. They got up early to go and do that.

SPEAKER_03 5:10

Aaron Powell But Joseph and Nicodemus had prepared the body.

SPEAKER_00 5:14

Well, maybe they didn't know that. Maybe they just saw him wrapped in linen and was putting in the body. I don't know.

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And maybe they didn't know there was this big rock blocking the Yeah.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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I I don't know. Um, but there was a violent earthquake.

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Uh-huh.

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An angel of the Lord came down and rolled the stone and sat on it.

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Right.

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It says his appearance was like lightning. So it was very bright. Clothes were white as snow.

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Right.

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The guards were so afraid. So the guards are still there at this point. Mary and Mary are just on their way. Um, the angel scares the guards so much.

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They become like dead men. So they're out. Right.

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So and then the women get there, and the angel says, Don't be afraid.

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Again, anytime in the Bible there's an interaction between a person and an angel, the first thing the angel says is Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid.

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So obviously they are fearful looking.

SPEAKER_00 6:33

Yeah, it causes you to be afraid. Something happens that makes you afraid.

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Um since you're looking for Jesus, we we know. Um He's not here, he's risen.

SPEAKER_00 6:48

So my question is are there three more significant words in the Bible than he has risen? That phrase.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:06

I got one. In the beginning.

SPEAKER_03 7:13

Wow. But you as a review, you know.

SPEAKER_00 7:18

You stunned me on that. Yeah, he has risen. I mean, that's that's you know. That's the story, right?

SPEAKER_03 7:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:29

Just as he said. Little dig by the angel there. You know. Not to Mary and everybody else, but but just, you know.

SPEAKER_03 7:38

No, but to like the guards and stuff who are like, oh, maybe we should do something.

SPEAKER_00 7:43

Yeah, who are like dead men, but still, he has risen just as he said. Exactly as he said this is taking place.

SPEAKER_03 7:51

So yeah. Um, if if you have a flipped devotional book, there was a typo on this. It says they go quickly. It's really supposed to be then go quickly. Uh um, and tell his disciples, but that's all right. They kind of make sense. It's it's okay. Um yeah, third, like so. Go, go tell his disciples that he's risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him. Now I have told you.

SPEAKER_00 8:27

Now I've told you. I'm done. Thank you. All right.

SPEAKER_03 8:32

That is why I was here. I have done it.

SPEAKER_00 8:35

That's right. Be gone. Sign off on my card, I will go. Right. Then it says, Do not be afraid again, right? Oh, no, this is when they see Jesus.

SPEAKER_03 8:50

So so they leave and then Jesus shows up.

SPEAKER_01 8:54

Yeah.

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Says, don't be afraid, go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.

SPEAKER_01 9:02

Yeah.

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So then excited, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:07

I mean, that's so essentially we've now have the mocking, the trial, not really. Uh the crucifixion, and now we're to the resurrection. Right.

SPEAKER_03 9:22

Yeah. And this next one, April 22nd, Matthew 28, 11 through 15, uh, is is the cover-up story. Yeah.

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So yeah.

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And I I just I like this one.

SPEAKER_00 9:36

Yeah, I call it bribes and lies.

SPEAKER_03 9:40

Nice.

SPEAKER_00 9:41

Yeah. Because they said the chief priests, a large sum of money, right? So here it is, you know. And then said, and if anything comes of it, we'll keep you out of trouble.

SPEAKER_03 9:57

Yeah. So they come up with their story because the just in case, you know, did happen.

SPEAKER_01 10:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 10:04

He did rise. Yeah. Uh the the guards are like, uh, we we don't know.

SPEAKER_01 10:10

Yeah.

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All all we know is the body's gone. We didn't move the rock. Uh oh my God. Um, and they're like, okay, okay, let's let's figure out what we're gonna say. Here's what we're gonna say. His disciples came during the night and stole them away while while we were asleep, which wait a minute.

SPEAKER_00 10:33

They were told not to do that.

SPEAKER_03 10:34

Yes, yes, that's a no-no for this. So they're kind of speaking bad about themselves.

SPEAKER_00 10:40

Well, that's the lies. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 10:42

It's like we fell asleep, we were wrong.

SPEAKER_00 10:46

Um, yeah, we're but it's the chief priest saying to them, his disciples came, This is your story. Yes, right, right. Said, all right, whatever, but large sum of money, right?

SPEAKER_03 10:58

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 11:00

And this is a large sum of money if you go back right to Judas, 30 pieces of silver. So they've paid uh what appears to be a lot more money to cover it up. So yeah. So bribes and lies, lies and bribes.

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All right, April 23rd and 24th is Luke 24, verses 13 through 35, and what is called the um Emmaus Rhodes story. Uh I think it is only in Luke. I'd have to double check that is it's not in all the the gospels. So this is after the the crucifixion, obviously after the resurrection, although these people don't know that.

SPEAKER_00 12:03

Correct.

SPEAKER_03 12:04

Um, two people uh like going home.

SPEAKER_00 12:09

Going home to Mayus, seven miles away after after the crucifixion. And even today there's you can do it on a Mayus walk.

SPEAKER_03 12:18

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 12:18

You know, it must be based off of the story.

SPEAKER_03 12:22

Yeah, I've I've never done one. You've never done one, but I've heard about it a lot. Yeah. Um, so they're they're hang home, and I mean it this is all just very natural. They're walking home, they're talking about what happened, and yeah, there's no radio everything, and it's like, wow, that you know, that really was bad, blah, blah, blah. And then just Jesus comes up and kind of starts walking with them. Hey, where are you all talking about? What's going on? They're like, What?

SPEAKER_00 12:55

Yeah. And I would suspect then it wasn't uncommon if you're on the road and you're walking to join a group, right?

SPEAKER_03 13:05

And that he's going the same direction they're going. So it's not like he's coming towards Jerusalem. Yeah. And like, oh, what happened there? No, I haven't gotten there yet. So they're assuming he was there too. Uh are you like the only person who doesn't know what happened? Are you that loser? Or um so they tell him what happened. And um trying to see where this part ends. Yeah, so they just tell Jesus what happened. Jesus at Nazareth.

SPEAKER_00 13:47

They did not see him. Right? But they did not see Jesus, right? Telling her, you know, again, the tube's empty. So so they know that took place.

SPEAKER_03 13:58

Okay, okay, yes, thank you.

SPEAKER_00 14:00

So they know that, but they don't know.

SPEAKER_03 14:02

But yeah, but they didn't see Jesus.

SPEAKER_00 14:06

And they said he was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. And they say the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death.

SPEAKER_03 14:20

It says we had hoped he was the one.

SPEAKER_00 14:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 14:24

But they obviously I think these two didn't, they didn't believe he was the one.

SPEAKER_00 14:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 14:29

They hoped he was. And we're kind of like Will's bummer.

SPEAKER_00 14:33

Yeah, and maybe they didn't believe he was because he was crucified.

SPEAKER_03 14:37

Right, right. So now they're going back home, like, well, maybe next time. Yeah. So April 24th, the the rest of them may a story. Yeah. So then Jesus starts talking to them. And and is explaining the the truth to him. It says, beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the scriptures concerning himself. So he's talking for a bit.

SPEAKER_00 15:14

Yeah.

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And then they get to the village, and as you said, it was seven miles.

SPEAKER_00 15:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 15:20

So that's a good long walk.

SPEAKER_00 15:22

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's getting dark, right? It's nearly evening.

SPEAKER_03 15:27

Mm-hmm. So and they're like, why don't you just stay with us? So I guess they made it to their place. And they go to the table, he breaks, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them. And then they realized who he was.

SPEAKER_00 15:49

Yeah.

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And then he was gone.

SPEAKER_00 15:51

Then he's gone. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's just there's not much to say about that, right? Their eyes were opened.

SPEAKER_03 16:02

It says, were not our hearts burning within us while he talked?

SPEAKER_00 16:06

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you know, but their eyes were open. When have we had an experience when our eyes had not been opened in our own lives, right? Some event, something, some moment in time, some event uh that our eyes were not open. And we could have, you know, at that moment had an interaction, right? That changed everything, right? And I was like, their eyes were not open, and then he disappeared from their sight. Right? Their eyes were opened, then he disappeared from their sight. So he knew they knew briefly, right?

SPEAKER_03 16:47

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 16:48

And what what what's the next thing that they do?

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They get up and go back to Jerusalem. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:54

Seven miles. Seven miles. Yeah.

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And they said it was dark.

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Yeah. I didn't care. Right?

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The day's almost over.

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Yeah.

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And they're heading back.

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They're heading back.

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You know they're heading back was a way faster than the bigger. Oh my gosh. They were pulling back.

SPEAKER_00 17:09

They were barely touching the ground, right?

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And they find the eleven.

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Yeah.

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Because, you know, not Judas.

SPEAKER_00 17:15

Yeah.

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And they're like, it's true. The Lord is risen.

SPEAKER_00 17:23

No, it's the eleven who said it is true. They found the eleven and those with them assembled together and saying, It is true.

SPEAKER_02 17:33

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 17:34

So it's the eleven that says true. And it's the Lord has risen and appeared to Simon.

SPEAKER_03 17:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:43

What happened in that conversation?

SPEAKER_03 17:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:47

What happened? Right?

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Right.

SPEAKER_00 17:52

And again, we've read this a lot, but is when I was looking at it again this morning, and I mean we read it, you know, when I read it this week, it was appeared, right? Appeared to Simon. And then they report what happened with them. Right. Then they report. But it's like, what was that conversation? Right?

SPEAKER_03 18:14

Yeah. Yeah. That's beautiful.

SPEAKER_00 18:18

You know. Yeah. And it also makes Simon the leader. Peter the leader, right? You know. So yeah. Pretty, I mean, it's just kind of remarkable how that all took place. And 14 miles. You know. And how they Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. Take. This is my body. Right? That time, you know. You know, we have communion, and sometimes it's kind of rote and automatic. But maybe we need to stop and think about what was one of the guys' names? Um Cleopas.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:08

You know, that that could be the power of communion, is, you know. And it was, do this in remembrance of me. You know. They saw him, right? So. Yep.

SPEAKER_03 19:23

All right. Then we have April 25th, Luke 24, verses 36 through 49. It says, while they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them.

SPEAKER_01 19:38

Yeah.

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And said, Peace be with you. They were startled, frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 19:50

And it's like, why are you troubled? Yeah. Like, look, look at my hands and my feet. It's me. It's me. Touch me. See? Not a ghost.

SPEAKER_00 20:02

Yeah. And he appears, I don't know if it's Luke or another gospel, and it says there, the door was locked. The door was barred, right? So he just, you know, kind of showed up.

SPEAKER_03 20:14

Like a ghost.

SPEAKER_00 20:15

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:16

But he's not a ghost because he's real.

SPEAKER_00 20:19

Yeah, that's right. And then he says, Do you have anything here to eat? Again, that's the human side. That's the real side, right?

SPEAKER_03 20:31

And it's like, okay, what are you gonna say to Jesus? He's you saw him crucified. Now he appears here. Like it it's kind of an icebreaker.

SPEAKER_01 20:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:51

I I just imagine them all standing there, just kind of staring, like, oh my gosh, what will I so? Do you have anything to eat? It's like, oh uh okay.

SPEAKER_00 21:01

Um broiled fish. I mean, it's not a very uncommon question, right? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:09

And then he says, This is what I told you while I was with you.

SPEAKER_00 21:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:14

Everything had to be fulfilled about me that was in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms.

SPEAKER_00 21:19

And the Psalms. I know. I haven't heard about the Psalms.

SPEAKER_03 21:24

Um, and then says, then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures.

SPEAKER_01 21:30

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 21:31

He told them this is what is written the Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

SPEAKER_01 21:44

Yeah.

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You are witnesses of these things. I'm going to send you what my Father has promised. But stay in the city until you've been clothed with power from on high.

SPEAKER_00 21:57

And that is the Holy Spirit.

SPEAKER_03 22:00

Yes. Right.

SPEAKER_00 22:01

That's the Holy Spirit. But yeah, stay here. Because it's just better to be here. So yeah. So again, going through. He's back. Right. Think of the relief. You know, they heard the story. You know, I'm gonna, you know, it's all gonna happen. And then the actually seeing it, right? I mean, it's it's kind of like when someone tells you that we're gonna do this, this, and this, and then it all happens exactly as they said, right?

SPEAKER_03 22:29

So April 26th is John 20, 24 through 29. And this is about our buddy Thomas, who I think of all the Easter parts of the story. Um, doubting Thomas is one of the ones most people know about.

SPEAKER_00 22:53

Right. And this is the only time, I mean, during the early, you know, his ministry, you knew Thomas was one of the, I mean, he was one of the 12 that was listed, but I don't remember reading anything about him until now.

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So Jesus was just with all the disciples, had broiled fish, talked to them and stuff. But apparently Thomas wasn't there.

SPEAKER_00 23:20

Apparently, why? Uh I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 23:23

Everyone was there but Thomas.

SPEAKER_00 23:25

Yeah, maybe he had a day job.

SPEAKER_03 23:28

Like, Thomas buddy, where where were you? So he comes in and they're like, Oh, we saw the Lord, we um, you know, we were there, he was here, yada. You you should have been here.

SPEAKER_01 23:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:44

He was here.

SPEAKER_01 23:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:46

And Thomas, I don't know the reasoning behind him not believing.

SPEAKER_00 23:56

Right.

SPEAKER_03 23:56

Is is he saying this because he's like, well, I'm not gonna believe you. I want to see it myself. You know how people will come and tell you something, right? And you're like, yeah, right. Well, I'm I'm gonna find out myself. I'm not gonna believe it just because you said it.

SPEAKER_00 24:19

Right. Because when I've read this story, you know, as you said, this is the only time you hear a lot of that, right? I had it, he didn't believe Jesus had come back, right? He didn't believe that. But maybe he didn't believe them, or he didn't want to just rely on their message. Right. Right? He wanted he wanted some sort of confirmation, right?

SPEAKER_03 24:46

You know, but he kind of pushes it. Oh yeah. It's like unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where put my finger where the nails were, yeah. Thomas. Yeah, put my hand my hand into his side.

SPEAKER_00 25:04

I will not believe. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 25:06

Thomas.

SPEAKER_00 25:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 25:08

Come on.

SPEAKER_00 25:08

But yeah, I will not believe.

SPEAKER_03 25:11

So I I and I don't know. If I were the disciples, I've been like, okay, fine.

SPEAKER_00 25:18

Yeah, good enough. But maybe it's it's I want to have that experience for myself. I'm I I need to blame them. I want to have that same, you know. I feel cheated, right? Because I wasn't here, I was, you know, who knows what I was doing, right? So, but and maybe he's just being emphatic. Put my finger where the nails were, put my hand on his side, but he's just, you know. But clearly you can see where it's right now, it can read as I will not believe. He doesn't believe, I will not believe it, right?

SPEAKER_03 25:54

So it says, a week later, yeah, his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.

SPEAKER_00 26:02

There it is, the doors were locked.

SPEAKER_03 26:03

Yes, and Jesus came and stood among them, peace be with you again.

SPEAKER_01 26:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 26:09

Because you know, we might be afraid because this guy just popped in.

SPEAKER_01 26:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 26:13

And he said to Thomas, put your finger here.

SPEAKER_01 26:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 26:18

See my hands? Reach out your hand, put it here in my side. So, mmm. Jesus knew what he said.

SPEAKER_00 26:27

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Stop doubting and believe. Right. Yeah. So Jesus knew, right?

SPEAKER_03 26:34

Jesus knew. He wants to put his finger in my hand. He wants to put his hand on my side. Okay, Thomas, here you go.

SPEAKER_00 26:39

Go ahead. And you know, throughout this, now we're close to wrapping up four months. We're about almost a third of the way through, right? Um it's it's it goes back to what does this say about Steve, right? Or what does it say about Martha or anyone out there listening? That maybe at times we are a Thomas.

SPEAKER_03 27:01

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 27:01

Right.

SPEAKER_03 27:02

Definitely, yes.

SPEAKER_00 27:04

We are a Thomas, right? But his response was my Lord, my God, right?

SPEAKER_03 27:09

Mm-hmm. And and I don't think Jesus is upset with him at all. Right when he says stop doubting and believe. I think it's I I don't, you know, this is just my interpretation. I hear it as stop doubting, believe. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 27:26

Like there's no explanation point, right? Join so it's stop doubting believe. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 27:31

Join us in this.

SPEAKER_00 27:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 27:32

Be be a part of this with us because we are going somewhere together. Yeah. So come on.

SPEAKER_00 27:39

But it also speaks in some ways to the struggle of faith for right. He was one of the twelve. He was there when the 4,000 were fed. He was there when Jesus walked on water, right? All the miracles, right? He was there, right? You know.

SPEAKER_03 27:58

That's true.

SPEAKER_00 27:59

And you know, and maybe when he sent disciples into the town, you know, go get the colt. There'll be one tied up, take it away. Tell them the Lord needs. That may have been Thomas. I don't know. Right. I mean, I don't know if it was one of the disciples, apostles, who knows? But it could have been, right? Or we heard the story. So I think for us, part of the time is is, you know.

SPEAKER_03 28:24

He was one of the close ones.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

One of the close ones. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, went away at times. Right? Went with Jesus. He Jesus in the 12 went, right? Right. So, but I think, you know, we have to remind ourselves, uh, at times you may be a Thomas, right? But we need to stop doubting and right and realize. Stop doubting, believe, and recognize him as my Lord, my God.

SPEAKER_03 28:57

I also think that if we are struggling to believe, that just like Jesus gave Thomas exactly what he asked for so he could believe, yeah, that Jesus will do that for us. Yeah. If if we're in some situation, it's like, I just need help believing that you are here or that you're a part of this, or you know, that I'm supposed to do this or whatever.

SPEAKER_01 29:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 29:29

I think he will give us what we need.

SPEAKER_00 29:33

Yeah. Yeah. When bad things happen in your life, right? You you just need to realize he's there, right? You know. Regardless of how awful it may be, right? You know.

SPEAKER_03 29:49

Yeah. And the the last thing Jesus says in this on this day uh is something a lot of people have heard. Um, because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

SPEAKER_00 30:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 30:07

That's us.

SPEAKER_00 30:08

Yeah, that is us. And many times, you know, I have felt kind of jealous. You know, I wasn't there, right? I rely on the reported stories and people's sharing their faith with me, right? But, you know, they were there. So we are clearly blessed. We are blessed. Oh, right. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 30:35

And April 27th, the last day for this week, is John 21, 1 through 6. Um says, after Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee, it happened this way. Simon Peter, Thomas. There he is. Uh Nathaniel, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. And Simon Peter says, I'm gonna go out to fish. And they said, We'll we'll go with you. I I love this because it's just so typical. It's so human. It's um, you know, I I don't know how long it's been. In the the last one, there was a week between the disciples seeing Jesus. Um, so I I don't know how much time has passed, but they were they were told to stay in Jerusalem. And so they're staying, but their leader is gone.

SPEAKER_01 31:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 31:56

They're kind of lost.

SPEAKER_01 31:59

Right.

SPEAKER_03 32:00

What what do we do? Yeah, what's next? I'm I'm sad that he's gone. I'm lost. I just, you know, and so Simon Peter goes back to his mission.

SPEAKER_00 32:16

What he knows, right?

SPEAKER_03 32:17

It's where he started, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:20

It was his job.

SPEAKER_03 32:21

This is this is kind of all I know. Yeah, I did this till I followed Jesus for three years. I don't know what to do next.

SPEAKER_01 32:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 32:31

So I'm just gonna go back to fishing. They were all just kind of hanging out. It's like, well, okay, we'll we'll go with you. So they hop in the boat and go out on the water. And I'm I'm not a fisherman, but apparently fishing at night is better than fishing during the day.

SPEAKER_00 32:55

Um yeah, I I don't know anything about fishing. I do understand. And this wasn't fishing with poles necessarily, they threw their nets. You know, so it's bolt fishing. It's it's it's a a lot of fish.

SPEAKER_03 33:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 33:10

They didn't have a way to keep it fresh.

SPEAKER_03 33:13

Ah.

SPEAKER_00 33:13

Right. Okay. So they they couldn't do that. So I would assume you fished at night.

SPEAKER_03 33:20

I went and sold it at the market.

SPEAKER_00 33:22

Yeah. And then you went back out, right? Or or you took it to someone who sold it because you had then you go back out at night and fish. So it's as fresh as possible. You know, freshly caught.

SPEAKER_03 33:35

Very good. All right. It says they they caught nothing.

SPEAKER_00 33:42

Nothing.

SPEAKER_03 33:42

And early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore. Disciples didn't realize it was Jesus. He calls out, friends, haven't you any fish? No.

SPEAKER_00 33:58

No.

SPEAKER_03 33:59

Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you'll find some. When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

SPEAKER_00 34:11

And these were fishermen, right? This is what they did beforehand, right? As you said, hadn't done them for three years, really, right? You know. And to their credit, they did it. And I think in another gospel, there's some feedback. You know, we haven't caught anything tonight. Just throw it on that side, right? And they did it right away. You know, they're in a boat. You would think they would see fish or experience fish, because they're not that far away because they're yelling at each other. So, but they did it and they caught unable to haul the net because of a large number of fish.

SPEAKER_03 34:48

So that passage is John chapter 21.

SPEAKER_00 34:52

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 34:54

Luke chapter 5.

SPEAKER_01 34:57

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 34:58

So this is back at the beginning of Luke.

SPEAKER_00 35:02

Yeah. You've been waiting on this, haven't you?

SPEAKER_03 35:08

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.

SPEAKER_00 35:15

Oh, that's what it was.

SPEAKER_03 35:16

Simon answered, Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I'll let down the nets. When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

SPEAKER_01 35:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 35:38

That's when Peter um started following Jesus. After that, um Jesus said, Come on, I'll make you a fisher of men. And they he left everything and followed Jesus. So it's the same thing. Yeah. When Peter was first called to follow Jesus, and now after being with him three years, seeing everything he's done, same thing, seeing him crucified, he's seeing him raised.

SPEAKER_00 36:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 36:27

And waiting and feeling lost in what am I gonna do? He goes out to fishing again. I'm sure I don't know if Peter is remembering back or not. But the because they they don't know it's Jesus, but when they pull it the net up, um again, we we don't get the next day till next week, but the next day in flip devotional is the rest of the story, and it's after they catch so many fish that it clicks to Simon Peter. Yeah, and he's like, Oh, this is Jesus, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:19

And both times, yeah, yeah, he's here, right? And both times this happens, he stops fishing. Yeah, so he catches more fish than he's ever caught, and he's so maybe part of the message is what you do day to day is less important than what you do for Jesus, obviously. But you know, but here's concrete examples where he gave all that up, right? Followed Jesus, and then when he's feels alone and doesn't know what to do, he reverts back to what he knows, which kind of makes sense, right? That's not a bad response. And then Jesus comes to him again, and this time he he gets clear direction from Jesus. What is he to do, right? And there's no indication he fished again.

SPEAKER_03 38:19

And the going back to fishing this time, was it you know, because he was lost, he just knew nothing else, so he's gonna go fish. Is it because he remembered um this is what I was doing when Jesus came to me the first time?

SPEAKER_00 38:41

Yeah, yeah. Um might very well be. I mean, and I don't know there's any reference. I mean, he didn't talk about this, I don't think. Peter doesn't, right? We don't read about it. Um or is it I gotta do something?

SPEAKER_03 38:58

Right, right.

SPEAKER_00 38:59

I mean, I I I I just can't sit here.

SPEAKER_03 39:01

Right, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 39:02

Waiting for him to show up when the door's locked, right?

SPEAKER_03 39:06

And I think what's beautiful about God, about Jesus, is he will meet you wherever you are.

SPEAKER_01 39:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 39:16

Some people, and and even Peter could look at this as a failure.

SPEAKER_01 39:25

Right.

SPEAKER_03 39:25

I mean, I was fishing, I gave it up to follow Jesus, and now here I am back fishing again.

SPEAKER_00 39:32

Yeah, and there's nothing, right?

SPEAKER_03 39:35

And I didn't even catch any fish.

SPEAKER_00 39:37

Yeah, and I thought, you know, Jesus is the Messiah, he's back, but nothing's changed.

SPEAKER_03 39:42

Yeah, nothing's changed. Yeah, so it could be a very negative um experience for for him and and for people looking, oh Peter, hello, what were you doing before? What why are you back here fishing again?

SPEAKER_00 39:59

Yeah, you spent three years following this guy and nothing.

SPEAKER_03 40:04

Yeah, yeah. So so so many things. But Jesus, like, it's okay. I got you.

SPEAKER_01 40:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 40:13

And and just like the breaking of bread clicked for the two guys on the Emmaus Road, putting the net in and catching a large number of fish was like, oh my gosh. Yeah, that's yeah that's Jesus.

SPEAKER_00 40:31

Yeah. And and Jesus gives him a something to do besides fish coming up, right? You know, so we'll read that. Yeah. So it's it's we're close to the end, right? 28, 29, 30.

SPEAKER_03 40:50

Yep. Then we'll be done with all the Easter stories. And I'm I hope that Steve and I, you we're looking at these stories for who knows how many times we've read this.

SPEAKER_01 41:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 41:11

Um, but we're looking at, and it do you hear us just kind of bouncing questions off each other? We don't even have the answers.

SPEAKER_01 41:21

No.

SPEAKER_03 41:22

It's like, well, what of this? What about that? I wonder, I wonder, you know, that's what I encourage you to do when you're reading your Bible.

SPEAKER_01 41:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 41:31

Ask questions. Yeah. You don't have to have the answers.

SPEAKER_01 41:34

Right.

SPEAKER_03 41:35

Sometimes I come up with a question and I'll go to church and ask our pastor, um, so what about this? What do you think? And totally encourage you to find other people that you all can discuss this with. Find people who are more knowledgeable than yourself. Yeah. Um, but just questioning things, wondering about things, is how you get a little bit more out of the scripture than you would get if you just read it, close it up, set it down.

SPEAKER_00 42:10

Yeah. And I it's not a novel.

SPEAKER_03 42:15

Right. I write questions um in my Bible. I'll, you know, write comments. I'll write stuff like I wonder, blah, blah.

SPEAKER_01 42:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 42:28

So I encourage you to do that. And again, I encourage you to read these scriptures before you hear us talk about them. And then you can come up with your own questions and wonderings. Um or, you know, if you want to read it on your own afterwards, that's that's fine too. But get into the Bible yourself.

SPEAKER_00 43:01

I mean, God wants questions.

SPEAKER_03 43:04

Totally welcomes them.

SPEAKER_00 43:05

Yeah. Yeah.

unknown 43:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 43:07

He's okay with it.

SPEAKER_03 43:09

Yeah. And there's some questions that I ask others or I Google to get an answer because I know there's a specific answer.

SPEAKER_01 43:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 43:18

You know. But some of these things nobody knows.

SPEAKER_00 43:22

Right. Right.

SPEAKER_03 43:23

But it's it's good to think about.

SPEAKER_00 43:26

I agree.

SPEAKER_03 43:27

It's good to think.

SPEAKER_00 43:28

Good to think.

SPEAKER_03 43:29

All right. That is the end of this week.

SPEAKER_00 43:31

That's the end. The week is over.

SPEAKER_03 43:34

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