To Know God’s Love

John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”  Thomas had no right to demand such a personal audience with the Almighty God and to personally inspect him.  For man to put God in the dock is a crazed and mad thing but, unfortunately, tragically, it’s...

When Tempted to Despair

John 20:26-27 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them.  Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and...

The Demand of Proof

John 20:25 “Unless I see in his hands the marks of the nails, and place my finger into the marks of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” Thomas declares himself to be an empiricist in this verse.  He says that he won’t believe God...

The Great Commission & You

John 20:21-23 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven...

Jesus: The Peace We Need

John 20:19-20 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”  When he has said this, he showed them his hands and...