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Luke 24: 36b-48

24:36b-39  While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost.  He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 24:40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. … 

1 John 3:1-7

3:1-5 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.  Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

Psalm 4

4:1-5 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.  How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah    But know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.  When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent. Selah   Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.

Acts 3:12-19

13-19  The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.  “And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out ...