This excerpt from a church sermon explores the concept of fear as a physical and emotional response, often intertwined with past trauma, using the disciples' experience in a locked room after Jesus' crucifixion as an example of profound fear and doubt. The sermon emphasizes how Jesus' appearance offers peace, not through force but through his presence and the tangible evidence of his resurrection, which the disciples experience bodily through seeing and later touching his wounds. It highlights the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as a source of this peace and a foundation for the disciples' mission, contrasting their initial fear and Thomas's doubt with the transformative power of experiencing Christ's presence. Ultimately, the sermon argues that this peace, embodied and shared, is the Christian offering to a fearful world, a physical knowing of God's love that overcomes doubt and builds connection.

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