Jesus Destroying The Power Of Death

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In John 20, Jesus, having arisen from the dead, sends the Holy Spirit to his disciples, gives them the authority to forgive and retain sins, and twice appears in a house with closed and locked doors.15 Jesus has defeated the power of death and all the human and spiritual forces that conspired to kill him, and he has revealed his authority by commissioning his followers to go into the world in his name. Jesus has power and influence beyond any other ruler on earth, yet Thomas confesses the full extent of Jesus’ lordship only when Jesus shows his hands and his side. “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaims--not because he is suddenly awed by Jesus’ awesome power, but because this powerful God-man still bears wounds from the cross.
Jesus is Lord because he reunites all creation to God, but Jesus accomplished this mighty task by coming to be with us in our brokenness.16 I visited a woman in intensive care repeatedly over the entire summer. She had a chronic and likely terminal lung disease, and during every visit she would yell, plead, and bargain with God for healing. On one visit, I ask...

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