Do you need more proof

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John 20:19-29

19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”  So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”  26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

How many are here today and need more proof?  How many are saying with Thomas, unless I see in His hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe?  But, my brother and sister, blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. 

And yet every single one of us here, at this moment, is just like Thomas.

  • Verses 24 & 25
  • Thomas was a realist
    • He knew enough about crucifixion to know the manner of its death
    • Visual and tactile – see and feel
    • Seeing is believing but handling makes it certain
  • Be careful of saying what you won’t do
  • Notice two things about the resurrected Jesus
    • Shut doors didn’t stop him
    • He know what Thomas said and challenged him on it
  • Thomas belief based on visual and auditory – seeing and hearing
    • Faith the substance of things hope for the evidence of things not seen
  • Romans 10:9 “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
  • A Beatitude to live by Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
  • There are three recognized ways that learning takes place in humans.  They are visual, learning by seeing or observation, auditory, learning by hearing and listening, and kinesthetic or tactile, learning by touch or feel.
  • By grace you are saved through faith, Faith is our proof
  • Read Romans 10:9-15 (page 997)
  • Close and have prayer or signing
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