You probably know Thomas the disciple as Doubting Thomas. Poor guy. One time he says something he shouldn't and it sticks with him.  John 20 :25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”    But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”  You may also know Thomas as the twin. If you've ever read the footnotes in your Bible, you might know that Thomas is also called Didymus. The footnote from the NIV version says that Thomas is Aramaic and Didymus is Greek and that both mean twin . I don't know anything about the other twin.  But most of us remember the "Unless I see the nail marks....I will not believe it" verse. Yes, that's the verse we remember. That's a pity because the another verse shows Thomas' loyalty and devotion to Jesus.  In John 11 , Jesus says that he will go back to Jerusalem to see Lazarus who has died and ...

Thomas said to him, "My Lord and My God!" (John 20:28) This verse is from the story of Doubting Thomas. Poor guy. Forever known as "Doubting Thomas". As the story goes, Thomas said he wouldn't believe that Jesus had really risen from his beatings and death on the cross until he could put his fingers into the sword wound in Jesus' side and in the nail holes in his hands. How much different would we be, if any?  We read of hundreds, even thousands, who died because they saw Jesus AFTER his death and resurrection and became completely committed to Jesus. Many of us still doubt the story. We look at it as just a Bible story, nothing more than a story. Look at this one verse.  In one exclamation, Thomas declares he no longer doubts....anything.  He declares Jesus as his Lord and God, his Master and Sustainer, the one he will follow and obey. This is an exclamation of utter joy and total surrender. Thomas the Doubter is now Thomas the Committed. There were no q...