John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”  29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed?  Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

How does Thomas respond when Jesus appears and says to him, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing” (John 20:27)?

“Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” (John 20:28).

What does Jesus ask Thomas?

“Jesus said to him, ‘Because you have seen Me, have you believed?’…” (John 20:29).

Who does Jesus say are blessed?

“... Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed” (John 2:29).

•       In his address “to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood” (1 Peter 1:1-2a) how does Peter describe their relationship to Jesus Christ?

o   1Pet. 1:8 and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory

 

Father,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with You, and the Word was You. He was in the beginning with You. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

The Word is the true Light, which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become Your children, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of You.

And the Word became flesh…

Our Lord and our God.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.