Our Savior Lutheran Church - Muscatine, Iowa, USA

What a story. Thomas was one of the most zealous of Jesus’ disciples. He was will to go with Jesus to Jerusalem - and die with Him. But when Jesus says He is going to His Father and the disciples know the way, Thomas says he does not know the way. That confusion was changed to unbelief after Good Friday. At least until Jesus’ appears even to Thomas. You have a story, too. It is an eternal story because Jesus has finished His atoning work and gives you faith. Do not be disbelieving but believing.

Easter Wednesday Matins Service

The Full Assurance of Faith

Hebrews 10:19-39

With a sermonette from Martin Luther’s “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church,” pages 59-60 in volume 36 of Luther’s Works, American Edition

We pray the Matins Service every Wednesday at 9:00 am. Matins is an ancient morning prayer service.

There is great happiness on this Palm Sunday. Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the dead. Now He is entering into Jerusalem to be the blood sacrifice required to forgive sins and give life. The happiness will end quickly and almost no one gathers around Jesus at His crucifixion on Good Friday. However, eternal joy will replace the decreasing happiness in the greatest miracle of all. Easter morning is near.

Text: John 12:12-19