Thomas The Disciple Of Doubt

This morning I would like to look at Jesus's resurrection appearance to Thomas.

Thomas means twin and he was a disciple of Jesus.

After Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared in bodily form and spent 40 days ministering and teaching His Disciples, before He went back to Heaven.

Thomas was not with the disciples on the first resurrection Sunday when they were assembled together and when Jesus appeared to them.

Jesus had predicted that He would die and rise again. His disciples didn't understand that.

Thomas was not the only one that doubted the resurrection.

Thomas loved Jesus, Thomas was loyal to Jesus and he would have been experiencing terrible grief after the crucifixion of Jesus. He'd followed Jesus, and Jesus had died.
But Thomas has gone down in history as the doubter.

Did you know that there are two kinds of doubters in the realm of spiritual truth?
a. Some doubters say I will not believe.
b. There are others that say I don't believe but I'm willing to believe if I can just see the evidence myself.

Some people are satisfied with the testimony of others. Some are not. Thomas was not.

Jesus sends us into the world, just as Jesus sent His Disciples into the World.
In spite of their many failures The Lord was entrusting His Disciples with His Word and His Work.

They had forsaken Him and fled, yet Jesus still commissioned them.