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Reading: John 20:19-31 \\ /Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands.
Reach out your hand and put it into my side.
Stop doubting and believe.”
/ \\ /Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”/ John 20:27-28 (NIV)
!! I.   Thomas Refuses to believe
     A.
He refuses to believe his Friends
           1.
It’s not easy disagreeing with 10 people!
                 a.
Jewish law requires 2 or 3 witnesses
                 b.
Here there were (at least) 10!
           2.
It’s not easy disagreeing with 10 friends!
                 a.
Not just 10 people, 10 friends.
b.
Didn’t he know them?
Or was that why?
           3.
Who does he think he is?
                 a.
Does he think he’s smarter than them?
b.
Is he so hurt he can’t consider this?
     B.
He refuses to believe Jesus
           1.
Thomas was ready to die with him(?)
                 a.
John 11:16
/Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
/
                 b.
But not ready to believe Him on this
           2.
Has he given up on the “Jesus thing?”
                 a.
The Messiah wasn’t supposed to die
                 b.
Maybe all he’d lived for was a lie.
c.
Where was he that first time?
3.
Jesus told them he would die and rise
                 a.
Did he (they) think it was a parable?
b.
How could this make sense?
c.
Do we take Him at His word – or only as far as it seems to make sense.
C.
His willingness is Conditional
           1.
Thomas is not willing to believe /unless/
                 a.
Unless /he/ has his own encounter with Jesus (that’s good–sort of)
                 b.
He wants more proof than necessary
                 c.
“Only what’s empirically verifiable . .
.”
           2.
Seeing alone won’t be enough!
a.
Thomas says he needs to see /and/ touch
                 b.
John 1:1 /That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life./
3.
What are /our/ conditions for belief?
a.
Thomas’ conditions were reasonable
                 b.
What does~/would it take for us?
                 c.
Do we see the evidence that’s there?
!! II.
“. . .
believe” . . .
“My Lord and my God”
     A.
Jesus comes in Peace
           1.
/“Peace to you”/
                 a.
/“Shalom!”/ – the common greeting
                 b.
A wish for peace and well-being
           2.
He doesn’t seem angry or upset.
a.
His words plead, not chastise
                 b.
He comes willing to pass his test
                 c.
Even though he /should/ have known!
3.
He doesn’t confront our doubts with anger
                 a.
Doubt is as normal as growth
                 b.
Jesus is never as angry with doubt as with hypocrisy (pretending to believe)
     B.
Jesus offers Thomas his Proof
           1.
He offers to meet Thomas’ conditions!
                 a.
Because they were reasonable.
b.
Because He cared for Thomas
                 c.
To let Thomas stand where we’d want
           2.
Touch, see, put your hand in my wound
                 a.
Touch my hands.
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