Read John 20:19-31
19 It
was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind
locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus
came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 20After
saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled
with joy at seeing the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be
with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you.” 22Then he breathed
on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive people’s
sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Jesus and Thomas
24 One
of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus
came. 25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
Thomas
said to them, “Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my
finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
26 A
week later the disciples were together again indoors, and Thomas was with them.
The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be
with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look
at my hands; then stretch out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your
doubting, and believe!”
28 Thomas
answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus
said to him, “Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who
believe without seeing me!”
The Purpose of This Book
30 In
his disciples’ presence Jesus performed many other miracles which are not
written down in this book. 31But these have been written in order
that you may believel that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of
God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.
Think
To believe in Jesus means to trust in him. To trust means to depend. We waiver so much between doubt and
trust. John writes his gospel to help us
to believe; to see who God is (revealed in Jesus) and surrender to him. So that we may ‘have life’.
Pray
Lord, my life is more complete when I trust in you; it is
only half a life when it is plagued by doubt and distress. Help me to trust in you more fully – so that
I may have life!
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