IN THE WORD DAILY
with Brother Rick
John 20: 27, 28
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy
finger, and behold my hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless,
but believing.
V- 28 And Thomas answered and
said unto him, My Lord and my God.
In this text, we find a man,
Thomas, who finally came to the realization that Jesus was exactly who he said
he was. Even though Thomas had witnessed many miracles, heard many sermons,
watched Jesus control the elements and raise people from the dead, it wasn't
until he saw the resurrected Christ, that he gave in to his skepticism and
surrendered completely. Jesus says in John 8: 24, “I said therefore unto
you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye
shall die in your sins.” Notice the context of this verse. Jesus is
speaking to the Jews about his deity. He says in John 8: 12, “I am the
light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall
have the light of life.” Who can light the world but God only? John 8:
18 says, “I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent
me beareth witness of me.” Jesus came from the Father, Jesus came from
heaven. Who could accomplish such a miracle but God? Then in John 8: 19, he
makes a statement that shakes the Jews to their core. The verse says, “Then
said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me,
nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.”
Jesus makes himself equal with God. In Philippians, chapter 2, we find the
doctrine of “Kenosis”, which means (emptying). Christ emptied himself and took
on the form and limitations of humanity. Of course we know that he never
surrendered any attributes of deity. Philippians 2: 5, 6 says, “Let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God:” Jesus emptied himself, so
we could be filled. Jesus suffered, so we could go free. Jesus died, so we
could live. Jesus became poor, so we could be rich. Jesus gave all, so we could
gain all. I say. “Praise God to the name of Jesus.”
Thomas saw the miracles of Jesus while he was
in the form of man, while he was in the flesh. But he could not wrap his mind
around the fact that he was man and he was God. Many have that same problem
today. The religious cults believe he was a good man, even a prophet, but they
will not accept the fact that he is God. If they did, they would follow his
word. The liberals who run this country believe that Jesus was a good man, and
a miracle worker and a prophet, but they will not accept his deity. They will
not give in to the fact that Jesus is God. BUT THEY WILL!!! By the way, I
invite you to help me today to bring that crowd to their knees. Please get to
the poles and vote to run that Bible denying, Jesus hating, Holy Ghost
despising, sin loving, devil worshiping crowd, out of office and out of town on
a rail. Please do your Christian duty.
Thomas finally came to the
place where Jesus wanted him. He saw the nail scars, he felt the wound in his
side. He saw the resurrected Savior. Can you see him? Can you see him as
Stephen did in Acts 7? Verse 56 says, “And he said, Behold, I see the
heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”
Oh friend, can you see him as Thomas saw him that day? Thomas finally saw him
as Lord. He gave testimony to the fact that Jesus is Lord. Whether you accept
it or not, God has made Jesus, Lord of all. Acts 2: 36 says, “Therefore
let all the house of Israel
The greatest day of my life
was the day that I turned away from Rick, turned to Jesus and said, “My
Lord and my God”, five words that will change your life.
