Thomas wasn\u2019t there when Jesus first appeared to His disciples after the resurrection. And like many of us, other people\u2019s experiences weren\u2019t good enough for Thomas\u2014he had to have his own. And Jesus made sure he got them. Note, He didn\u2019t put Thomas down for having doubts. He understood that any question arising from an honest heart isn\u2019t a sceptical question; it\u2019s a search for truth. <\/p>\n
The Bible tells us: \u2018After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came\u2026 and stood in the midst, and said, \u201cPeace to you!\u201d Then He said to Thomas, \u201cReach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.\u201d And Thomas answered and said to Him, \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d\u2019<\/i> (John\u00a020:26\u201328\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>) <\/p>\n We glean two important lessons from this story: <\/p>\n (1) Your doubts can actually lead you to a new level of faith.<\/i> When the bottom drops out of your world, when the pain of your circumstances seems unbearable, when some shattering event occurs and doubt marches in unannounced, don\u2019t deny it\u2014acknowledge it. Times of doubt become classrooms of learning when they drive you to God for answers. As you work your way through them, you reach a new level of faith. <\/p>\n (2) Your doubts can lead you to a deeper relationship with Jesus.<\/i> The testimony of others will only carry you so far; ultimately, you need your own personal experience with the Lord. And you can have it! Thomas started out doubting Jesus and yet ended up dying as a martyr for His cause. Think about that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thomas wasn\u2019t there when Jesus first appeared to His disciples after the resurrection. And like many of us, other people\u2019s experiences weren\u2019t good enough for Thomas\u2014he had to have his own. And Jesus made sure he got them. Note, He didn\u2019t put Thomas down for having doubts. He understood that any question arising from an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}