Doubt is a natural outgrowth of living in a fallen world. It is very easy for us to be critical of him, but the truth of the matter is we are just like him. Thomas was surrounded by people who had seen Jesus alive and still he doubted. The story of Doubting Thomas is a powerful one. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. He looks directly at you and says, “Put your finger here see my hands. Suddenly, he is standing in front of you, the very man you know to be dead. You’ve already told them that you won’t believe their obviously insane claims until you can put your finger in the nail holes, and your hand in the spear wound of your now dead leader. They claim that he appeared in their midst last week in this very same room while you were conveniently absent. The others in the room claim that this man has come back to life. The Jewish leaders may be coming to arrest you and possibly execute you the way that they did your leader a little over a week ago. That’s why you’re hiding with the doors locked. You’re sitting in a stuffy room full of the men with whom you’ve spent the last three years.
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