When Christ Rewires You 17-May-2026 10AM

There is something this text does not want us to rush past. John tells us that on the evening of that first resurrection Sunday, the disciples were gathered behind locked doors. And the Greek word John uses here is not incidental. The doors were locked for fear of the Jews. That word for fear, phobos, does not describe nervousness or anxiety. It describes the kind of dread and fear that can immobilize a person. The kind that makes you pull the shades down, lock the door, and convince yourself that silence is the same thing as survival. [02:13:29] (48 seconds)  #LockedByFear

Jesus did not theorize about suffering. He entered it, and he shows his wounds not to produce pity but to establish the ground upon which we build our testimony. He he shows them his wounds because his wounds are proof that whatever life throws your direction, you can bounce back from it because he bounced back from the cross. The the wounds are proof that, yes, I did it just for you. And because I did it for you, you ought to be willing to do something for him. [02:41:35] (35 seconds)  #WoundsBuildTestimony

His wounds are his credentials. He he he it is proof that the affirmation and the rewiring that we receive from Jesus. This ain't cheap. It's not performative. It's not conditional on their behavior just a few hours earlier. Yeah. Because when Christ rewires us, it always cost somebody something. The world offers affirmation that is weightless, likes and shares, applause that disappears by the time the morning comes, but the affirmation of Jesus Christ is scarred. [02:40:20] (42 seconds)  #ScarredAffirmation

The mission for which we have been sent to fulfill is dependent upon the father's will. So when Jesus says, as the father has sent me, he is doing something profound. Doctor Davis, he is transferring that same unconditional divine initiative that god the father had bestowed on god the son and now god the son was bestowing it on the sons and daughters that he was going to send into the world to accomplish something, to enhance the body of Christ, and to expand the kingdom of god. [02:26:41] (38 seconds)  #SentByTheFather

Which means that whoever is occupying the White House does not get a vote on whether Jesus' mission moves forward. The supreme court doesn't get to offer a decision on whether the mission of those of us whose skin has been kissed by nature's son. The supreme court doesn't get to offer a ruling on whether we have the power to keep showing up and to keep moving forward and to keep building churches and to keep raising our children and to keep providing for our families and to keep casting our votes. They don't get to stop that. The [02:28:30] (46 seconds)  #MissionBeyondPolitics

The father sent his son into a world that was hostile and suspicious and ultimately violent. And now the resurrected son is sending the same frightened, confused and grieving disciples into a world that was just as hostile and suspicious and violent. He says, and not only am I sending you in the same way the father sent me, he said, but I'm sending you with the same commission and you are backed by the same power. Yeah. That [02:17:16] (36 seconds)  #SentWithSamePower

The first act of affirmation and rewiring in this passage is not verbal, it's visceral. He presents them with his hands and his side. And in doing so, he needs them to understand that not only did I go all the way for you, he says, I'm showing you my hands and my side to show you that what the world thought they were throwing up against us to stop us didn't have more power than the one who sent us. [02:39:52] (29 seconds)  #VisceralAffirmation

It has history. It bled. Yes. And that is precisely why it holds. And in a in this political moment, the wounds also speak prophetically because our people are losing ground. We're watching health care stripped away. Rights are being reversed. Children are being written out of the national story, and we need to know Jesus is not a stranger to what it means to be wounded by systems of power. Right. [02:41:02] (33 seconds)  #WoundsSpeakAgainstInjustice