Ye shall be my witnesses

How do we know that the Lord is risen? We examine the eyewitness testimony of the apostles, in the same way as a judge examines eyewitness testimony; and we say, the Lord is risen indeed, repeating what the returning pair from Emmaus said on Easter Day to disciples who could not yet believe the women, The Lord is risen indeed! So we, on receiving all this eyewitness testimony, which is the testimony of the Spirit himself, now make this also our glad confession. Sermon for Exaudi, the Sunday after the Ascension.