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Default The Best Faith is Blind Faith (John 20:24-29) - 10-26-2014, 08:13 AM
Upon His Resurrection, Jesus paid a visit to several of His disciples. The Gospel of John gives the following account:

John 20:24-25
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.

Thomas wanted proof. Thomas wanted evidence. It was not enough for him to simply have faith. Jesus caught wind of Thomas' insistence on evidence, and eventually made an appearance. The account continues:

John 20:26-29
26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27 Then saith he 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.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

While we can all rejoice in Thomas' renewal of faith, the demands he put on Jesus leave much to be desired. Faith is good any way you slice it, but Jesus tells us that it is more blessed to have faith in the absence of evidence.

The best faith is blind faith. Praise!

II Thessalonians 1:7-9
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power
The man who is being progressively sanctified will inescapably sanctify his home, school, politics, economics, science, and all things else by understanding and interpreting all things in terms of the Word of God and by bringing all things under the Dominion of Christ the King. -R.J. Rushdoony
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