On Sunday, April 18, 2021, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message in person and online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart leads us in conversation from John 20:24-29 about encountering Jesus after his resurrection. In this story, Jesus interacts with Thomas who was absent from Jesus’ first post-resurrection encounter with his disciples. Even though Thomas’ faith was shattered after Jesus’ death on the cross, Jesus gently confronts him and restores him to the fellowship of the disciples. Lastly, Pastor Stuart discusses the problem of faith based on the evidence of seeing.

Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 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.”
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:24-29 (NIV)