2nd Sunday of Easter

John 20:19-31

“Jesus even welcomes doubters, like Thomas.”



Ever since our first parents doubted God’s word, the human heart has

trusted in that which it should really doubt and doubted that which it

should really trust. We live in an age that idolizes trust in feelings and

glorifies doubt in the revelation of God’s Word. Thomas is the perfect

example of our own struggle in heeding God’s word over our own

feelings and experiences. Of course, Thomas didn’t believe that the

crucified, dead and buried Jesus was alive... Who would if they experienced Good Friday

firsthand? The story of Thomas is so telling because it’s so real! We can relate to Thomas’s

realistic and reasonable belief that the dead stay dead...That Jesus death ended in death. But

blessed are you, for you have not seem, but believe... Jesus died, but He’s NOT dead!