The evidence of faith in Christ is a life of deeds of love. Those “fruits” grow out of our fellowship with him Christ, and they mark us as his disciples.
Our risen Lord appears to the disciples. He tells them that his suffering and rising from the dead is the fulfillment of God’s plan foretold in the Old Testament Scriptures, and he instructs them to wait in Jerusalem until the Father gives them the power to be his witnesses.
Jesus appears to his disciples, first on Easter evening and then a week later for Thomas’ sake. For all the disciples – and for us today – he proclaims, “Peace be with you!”