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In John 20:29, "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Jesus is saying I came down to your level. I met your demands, and gave you the proof that you need. But the blessing, which is the word MAKARIOS, the same word as is used on the sermon on mount which means to experience the fullness of something.
Jesus is saying that I will be in you, but you will experience the fullness of my presence in your life when you believe without seeing. So He is telling him, you believe because you have seen. But from now on the blessing will be to those who have not seen and yet have believed.
Do you see how the theme in this is to take Mary Magdalene, and the disciples, and now Thomas, and take them from the physical to the spiritual, from depending on touching and seeing and hearing, to believing by faith?
He's bringing a change about in Thomas' life. He is called a sincere doubter. He says do not become faithless but be believing.
Please notice that it doesn't say that Thomas actually went over and touched Him. Jesus is actually giving him the invitation. "Here you go Thomas."
And you expect that if Thomas was really a doubter in the spiritual sense, that he probably would come over and touched Him and said I still don't believe it!
But look at Thomas' response in John 20:28, his confession: And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
You can't get a better confession to the deity of Christ than Thomas's confession. You see, it didn't take much for Thomas. The Lord gave him the proof that he needed.
He bends to our weaknesses to prove Himself, but it is for the purpose of bringing us from the physical realm into the spiritual, into the life of faith.
And the Lord does that for us because that is the process of growth and change for every believer. And so in the Lord's care, He brings a change and Thomas says, My Lord and my God.
Both the word Lord and God have the definite article in the Greek text. There is no doubt of what he's calling Jesus. "The" Lord, and "The" God!
He is not just calling Him God, but he says, you are my Lord and my God. You see he has been changed. The Lord ministered to him. He is a sincere doubter!
I tend to believe so based on John 20:27. There is a tremendous message given to us in John 20:36-29 where we see the proof given to Thomas.
Verse 26 tells us that after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and this is a Perfect Tense, it has been barred.
I think it's kind of interesting that Jesus has already appeared to them eight days prior. They know that Jesus is risen from the dead. He has commissioned them, and they still sit there with the doors locked. It is like it hasn't really had its affect yet!
So Thomas is there. Maybe they were just doing it for Thomas' sake? "Hey, will you guys just lock the doors please." No, you don't understand, we've seen the Lord, you don't have to worry about it! "Well, lock it anyway will you." But they barred the door and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
In Verse 27, the word "then" the conjunction means then in succession. Right after He said peace be unto you, He turns directly to Thomas and He tells him in command, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and become not faithless, but believing.
Notice how I translated that. It is not the word "be." It is the word "become." When you translate it "be," it sounds like that's what he is right now. The Lord knows his heart. The Lord knows he is sincere.
Thomas is not going to believe just what anybody says. He wants proof, and the Lord gave him the proof. Do not become faithless but believing. That is a command. He's not saying he is. He says don't become that, but be believing.
Babu,
I will finish this up here, I promise!
In John 20:29, "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Jesus is saying I came down to your level. I met your demands, and gave you the proof that you need. But the blessing, which is the word MAKARIOS, the same word as is used on the sermon on mount which means to experience the fullness of something.
Jesus is saying that I will be in you, but you will experience the fullness of my presence in your life when you believe without seeing. So He is telling him, you believe because you have seen. But from now on the blessing will be to those who have not seen and yet have believed.
Babu,
Do you see how the theme in this is to take Mary Magdalene, and the disciples, and now Thomas, and take them from the physical to the spiritual, from depending on touching and seeing and hearing, to believing by faith?
He's bringing a change about in Thomas' life. He is called a sincere doubter. He says do not become faithless but be believing.
Please notice that it doesn't say that Thomas actually went over and touched Him. Jesus is actually giving him the invitation. "Here you go Thomas."
And you expect that if Thomas was really a doubter in the spiritual sense, that he probably would come over and touched Him and said I still don't believe it!
But look at Thomas' response in John 20:28, his confession: And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
You can't get a better confession to the deity of Christ than Thomas's confession. You see, it didn't take much for Thomas. The Lord gave him the proof that he needed.
He bends to our weaknesses to prove Himself, but it is for the purpose of bringing us from the physical realm into the spiritual, into the life of faith.
And the Lord does that for us because that is the process of growth and change for every believer. And so in the Lord's care, He brings a change and Thomas says, My Lord and my God.
Both the word Lord and God have the definite article in the Greek text. There is no doubt of what he's calling Jesus. "The" Lord, and "The" God!
He is not just calling Him God, but he says, you are my Lord and my God. You see he has been changed. The Lord ministered to him. He is a sincere doubter!
(Part 1)
I tend to believe so based on John 20:27. There is a tremendous message given to us in John 20:36-29 where we see the proof given to Thomas.
Verse 26 tells us that after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and this is a Perfect Tense, it has been barred.
I think it's kind of interesting that Jesus has already appeared to them eight days prior. They know that Jesus is risen from the dead. He has commissioned them, and they still sit there with the doors locked. It is like it hasn't really had its affect yet!
So Thomas is there. Maybe they were just doing it for Thomas' sake? "Hey, will you guys just lock the doors please." No, you don't understand, we've seen the Lord, you don't have to worry about it! "Well, lock it anyway will you." But they barred the door and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
In Verse 27, the word "then" the conjunction means then in succession. Right after He said peace be unto you, He turns directly to Thomas and He tells him in command, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and become not faithless, but believing.
Notice how I translated that. It is not the word "be." It is the word "become." When you translate it "be," it sounds like that's what he is right now. The Lord knows his heart. The Lord knows he is sincere.
Thomas is not going to believe just what anybody says. He wants proof, and the Lord gave him the proof. Do not become faithless but believing. That is a command. He's not saying he is. He says don't become that, but be believing.
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