A doubter

In John 20:27-29 "Then saith he (Jesus) to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold  my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."  In this chapter what is happening is after Christ arose from his tomb where they buried him after his Crucifixion. The disciples did not understand the words he had spoken while he was with them. He foretold his death and that he would rise again. They went to the tomb, probably heartbroken, because their leader was gone and he was not there. Jesus appeared unto Mary and told her to tell the disciples that he had ascended to his and their father. She told it but Thomas said unless he saw the nail prints in his hands and his put hand to the side where they thrust Christ with a sword, he would not believe. Jesus then appeared again unto them when Thomas was present and the words above were spoken. Thomas believed when he saw Jesus standing there with the nail holes in his hands and feet. Jesus even showed him his side where he had been stabbed with a sword. We do not have that opportunity today to see Jesus as Thomas did that day. We are blessed when we believe without seeing. Jesus died for our sins, and rose again and sits with our heavenly Father until that day when we will stand before him and give an account of our life. Have we believed? It is essential that we believe Jesus is the Christ, the one who died for our sins. That is the way we will inherit Eternal Life, by believing and not seeing. For all have sinned, our works are not good enough. The way to eternal life is believing on Jesus. Believe that he died for our sins. Confess our sins and repent. God bless, LVZ.