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One Week Later
The Disciples of Jesus were in the closed room
it was the first day of the week
Jesus rose from the dead some time after 6 PM the night before
the people in the room believed in the risen Lord
but Thomas was not there at the Sunday evening service
so he did not see Jesus
but they told him, all of them “Jesus is alive”
but he remained unconvinced with the eye witness testimony
there was nothing they could say that would change his mind
Read John 20 24-31
PRAY
Refused to Believe
no matter what anybody said
all of their arguments
their happy faces
their at being in peace
Thomas still refused
earlier we see Thomas saying
The Sanhedrin wanted to stone Jesus, so they went to the other side of the river
but Lazarus was dying
so Jesus said lets go back
“lets go die with Him”
Loyal to Jesus but gloomy
again in John 14 we see Thomas in his unbelief
what are you talking about ?
A natural born Pessimist
a loner?
grieves by himself?
wants to be away from the crowd
someone like Eeyore from Winney the poo
Is Thomas a believer at this point?
Paul here is reminding them the gospel that they believed
this is the gospel that every one has to believe to be saved
Thomas at this point in our account does not believe in the resurrection of Jesus
last week the rest of them believed when they met Jesus
Jesus breathed into them the Holy Spirit
and since then thy have been telling the gospel to Thomas with joy.
but he continues to not believe
this might be the way people are today
or maybe the way you were at one time
someone was telling you the gospel and you refused to believe
no matter what the evidence
until....
Jesus made His Appearance
again they are behind locked doors
Thomas was with them this time
suddenly Jesus was there
again he said Shalom ( may you be whole)
may the peace only God can give y be yours
He walked over to Thomas
He came down to Thomas level to meet him there
Thomas was being irreverent to the risen Lord
but he was safe because he was not going to see Him again
the unsaved today are irreverent toward Jesus because they don’t believe He is real
they don’t ever expect to ever see Him
it’s not until some one is confronted by Jesus through the Holy Spirit is ones eyes open to the truth
Jesus meets them where they are at, on their level
Thomas put your fingers here, take your hand and put it in my side
At this point Thomas eyes were open
he instantly became a believer
John 20:28 (LEB)
Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
this was the prayer Thomas Did
My Lord and My God
Thomas believed and confessed Jesus is his Lord
Jesus acknowledged Thomas belief
If you are needing more evidence to believe
be like Thomas and ask Jesus for more evidence to believe
We believe because of the evidence of what is written in God’s word
God blesses faith without sight
James Montgomery Boyce
What is faith?
Faith is believing God on the basis of his Word and then acting upon it.
This is true faith.
It is this that God blesses.
God promises a blessing upon those who have faith.
Believe
Why did John write his Gospel
John is now going to give us the reason for his gospel
the book of John is written that there is enough evidence that Jesus is God
John wrote to put Jesus in His rite full place
as the Son of God
as God the Messiah
to give us all we need to believe
faith or belief occurs 101 times in the book of John
The key verse in the Bible is
we saw the mission of Jesus last week
Jesus came to save sinners
came to save those who are lost
who are the sinners?
who are the lost?
if we say every one is a sinner and lost; then Jesus failed in His mission
turn to Luke 18 9 lets look at two men
9-12
the first is a self righteous man, who is not a sinner
not lost, does all the right things in his own mind
the overwhelming amount of good things he has done heavily outweigh the bad things
The second man
V 13
knows he is lost, he is a sinner
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