SEE FOR MYSELF

John 20:24-25
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus Appears to Thomas

24 One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. 25 They told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”


They said to Thomas, “Take our word for it.”

Thomas said, “I’ve got to see for myself.”

Because of this exchange, many have labeled Thomas as a doubter. ‘Doubting Thomas’, we call him. I have a different thought on this passage.

Our relationship with Jesus Christ may well start with a word from someone else. Parents and grandparents have been working in God’s vineyard down through the ages, training children in the ways of the Word. Friends share there faith, introducing their friend to Christ. Pastors and Sunday School teachers present the gospel. All that is good but this is the bottom line. You must see Jesus for yourself. The words of others are great but our relationship with Jesus must be personal.

That’s what Thomas was looking for … a touch that would make it personal.