John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
As far as unbelief goes, Thomas takes the cake, for not only did he foster unbelief, he went a step further by deliberately refusing to accept the facts as spoken by the other disciples, concerning what they saw and heard of The risen Christ. Thomas’ case should therefore be studied closely, and the lessons thus learned should move us to chart a very different course, in how we believe.
These stipulations given by Thomas in order for him to believe, pose very serious questions, and risks to the Christian, because Thomas was predicating his decisions to believe, on what he saw and felt. Thus, his faith, would be based upon evidences of his five senses, something that a Christian must never ever do.
The Scriptures teach us that we are to walk by faith, and not by sight, for wherever we depend alone on our five senses, in order to confirm or verify truths, we will run into serious temptations and difficulties with the adversary of souls, who often specializes in appealing to our five senses.
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!