The Character of Thomas - Held Firmly by the Lord.

"Then He said to Thomas, "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

Our Lord wants us to shed our unbelief and believe in Him completely. Unbelief in any form, at any level, is the greatest hindrance to the communion with the Lord. And the Lord seeks to remove our unbelief.

Here we see the Lord urging Thomas to come forward, to touch Him, feel Him, put his hands into His wounded side, do all that is needed, to overcome his unbelief. Once and for all, the Lord wishes to bridge the unbelief between Him and the unbeliever, between him and His beloved disciple Thomas.

The Lord will not let Thomas be lost. The good shepherd comes searching after the one sheep, when there was a fear the one may be lost.

St.Thomas, the Apostle of India

The fact that the Lord Himself rose to pick Thomas up and hold his faith together when it was falling apart, would have had a huge impact on Thomas's character. The Lord held Thomas in His all powerful,strong hands, not allowing the storm of unbelief to blow away Thomas. And by this act of love by the Lord, the Lord gained for us the Apostle of India and the East, strong and unshaken in His faith as seen in his eternal words uttered at the next instant..


Character of Thomas :  Invitation to Handle the Bread of Life

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