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The Hands that are Scarred
The Hands of Jesus
The Hands that are Scarred
John 20:24-29 (NIV) – [24] Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. [25] So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his HANDS and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.” [26] A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” [27] 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.” [28] Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” [29] Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
“Who was Thomas’ twin? We do not know, but sometimes you and I feel as if we might be his twin! How often we have refused to believe and have insisted that God prove Himself to us!” (Bible Exposition Commentary)
1. Doubting Thomas is our identical twin.
John 11:16 (NIV) – [16] Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
“Why was Thomas not with the other disciples when they met on the evening of Resurrection Day? Was he so disappointed that he did not want to be with his friends? But when we are discouraged and defeated, we need our friends all the more! Solitude only feeds discouragement and helps it grow into self-pity, which is even worse.” (Bible Exposition Commentary)
2. Doubt is due to self-pity.
John 20:21-22 (NIV) – [21] Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” [22] And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
3. Doubt demands proof.
“Consistent with his character elsewhere in the Gospel, Thomas was skeptical toward his friends’ report about seeing Jesus. He epitomized hardheaded realism by insisting that seeing and touching Jesus for himself would be the only proof that would satisfy him.” (Life Application NT)
John 20:19-20 (NIV) – [19] On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” [20] After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
4. Doubt makes us double-minded.
James 1:5-7 (NIV) – [5] If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. [6] But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. [7] That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; [8] he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
5. Doubt is the easy choice.
6. Doubt denies us God’s blessings.
1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV) – [8] Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, [9] for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
“We have no right to require God to prove himself; but he has every right as our Creator to expect our belief and obedience. The fact that God blesses those who believe is simply an added gift of his grace.” (Life Application NT)
7. Stop doubting and believe!
“The surest evidence is the Word of God. If God says a thing, we honor Him by believing it; but we dishonor Him by demanding additional evidence. We should believe simply because He said it and because He cannot lie or be mistaken.” (Believer’s Bible Commentary)
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The Hands of Jesus
The Hands that are Scarred
John 20:24-29 (NIV) – [24] Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. [25] So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his HANDS and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.” [26] A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” [27] 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.” [28] Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” [29] Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
“Who was Thomas’ twin? We do not know, but sometimes you and I feel as if we might be his twin! How often we have refused to believe and have insisted that God prove Himself to us!” (Bible Exposition Commentary)
1. Doubting Thomas is our identical twin.
John 11:16 (NIV) – [16] Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
“Why was Thomas not with the other disciples when they met on the evening of Resurrection Day? Was he so disappointed that he did not want to be with his friends? But when we are discouraged and defeated, we need our friends all the more! Solitude only feeds discouragement and helps it grow into self-pity, which is even worse.” (Bible Exposition Commentary)
2. Doubt is due to self-pity.
John 20:21-22 (NIV) – [21] Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” [22] And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
3. Doubt demands proof.
“Consistent with his character elsewhere in the Gospel, Thomas was skeptical toward his friends’ report about seeing Jesus. He epitomized hardheaded realism by insisting that seeing and touching Jesus for himself would be the only proof that would satisfy him.” (Life Application NT)
John 20:19-20 (NIV) – [19] On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” [20] After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
4. Doubt makes us double-minded.
James 1:5-7 (NIV) – [5] If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. [6] But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. [7] That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; [8] he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
5. Doubt is the easy choice.
6. Doubt denies us God’s blessings.
1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV) – [8] Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, [9] for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
“We have no right to require God to prove himself; but he has every right as our Creator to expect our belief and obedience. The fact that God blesses those who believe is simply an added gift of his grace.” (Life Application NT)
7. Stop doubting and believe!
“The surest evidence is the Word of God. If God says a thing, we honor Him by believing it; but we dishonor Him by demanding additional evidence. We should believe simply because He said it and because He cannot lie or be mistaken.” (Believer’s Bible Commentary)