“that you may
with one mind and with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.” Apostle Saul (who is also called Paul), Romans 15:6 (NKJV)
In the precious and beautiful
name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
Who actually
died on the cross for the sin of the world?
We’re going to take a look at Thomas’ use of the words “My Lord and my
God” found in John 20:28 (NKJV).
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach
your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it
into My side. Do not be unbelieving.” And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said
to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you
have believed. Blessed are those who
have not seen and yet have believed.” And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His
disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that
you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
believing you may have life in His name.
John 20:27-31 (NKJV)
Before we
look into Thomas’ use of the words “My Lord and my God,” let’s see why Yeshua
spoke these things to Thomas to begin with.
The [Biblical] explanation behind it all. The red letter words above are Yeshua’s. One more thing, the words “that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,” it’s very important we leave
them just the way they are. Believing Messiah
Yeshua “Christ” is the Son of God that is.
John 20:25: Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the
twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said
to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands
the prints of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put
my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
The time
passed between John 20:25 and 20:27-31, is eight days (John 20:26).
Thomas must
have witnessed Yeshua’s death on the cross.
There’s no reason to believe otherwise.
If he’s needing to see actual evidence of Yeshua’s [crucifixion] death
on the cross to believe, he knew exactly what to look for if Yeshua happened to
make [another] appearance. Obviously Thomas
didn’t miss Yeshua this other time, and he believed.
The followers of the Anthanasian Creed, justify that Thomas
believes the Son is God when
he said “My Lord and my God.” Their response is typically, if not, “Why
didn’t Jesus rebuke Thomas after saying it?” This is their reason for them to
believe the [Bible] supports “the Son is
God”. So they think.
The fact of the matter is, Yeshua agreed with Thomas. Since it’s the [Bible] telling us Thomas is
one that [now] believes because he said “My Lord and my God,” let’s not jump to
any conclusions as to what it is he’s actually confessing to here.
I
can safely the [Bible] doesn’t give us Thomas’ reason(s) for saying these words. It also doesn’t give the freedom to make them
say/mean whatever we wish, either. When
it comes to the word of God, the [Bible], and with whatever is said about it, looking
to be [Biblically] correct, it will agree.
Lest we forget, Yeshua’s earthly
ministry lasting three and a half years.
There’s a good chance of Thomas hearing something directly from Yeshua
during the three plus years he walked with Him. Something causing Thomas to say “My Lord and
my God”. I have a hard time believing
Thomas’ first encounter with Yeshua came the moment he said “My Lord and my
God” found in John 20:28.
I actually heard a pastor say Thomas’ words
are “all a person needs to know”. I
heard this just a few weeks ago. This
pastor is a follower of the Anthanasian Creed.
That’s it, according to this pastor, Thomas’ “My Lord and my God” settles
the matter. As far as this pastor is
concerned, for those looking for [Biblical] evidence of the Son of God being “the Son is God,” God, they need look no
further than John 20:28.
- If that were the case, if one verse of [Scripture] is all that’s needed to establish one’s system of belief why are the followers of the Anthanasian Creed tampering with other verses of [Scripture] to meet their needs? Wouldn’t that one verse be “all a person needs to know”? Since we’re talking about a verse of [Scripture] here, wouldn’t it agree with the word of God in its entirety? Of course it would.
The
Anthanasian Creed is the blue print to this manmade system of belief. Man’s interpretation of [Scripture], wrongly
I might add, is its only support system.
Other than the [Bible] warning us of false doctrines, there’s no other
link to it. The mere mentioning of
things found in the [Bible] doesn’t necessarily make everything attached to
them [Biblically] sound.
Thomas had a very good reason for
saying “My Lord and My God”. Unlike the
majority of those encounters Yeshua had with religious leaders, He was
obviously in agreement with that which Thomas had to say. Which clearly establishes it having
everything to do with something Yeshua previously said. I have serious doubts as to Thomas coming up
with “My Lord and my God” from out of the blue.
Unless a person believes Thomas pulled these words out from the
proverbial “rabbits hat,” “My Lord and my God” is linked to something Thomas previously
learned from Yeshua.
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in
Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the
Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:10 (NKJV)
- “The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority”
- “the Father who dwells in Me does the works”
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father;
but go to My brethren
and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My
God and your God.’” John 20:17 (NKJV)
The [Bible] may not tell us why Thomas
said “My Lord and my God,” but in the same book, same chapter twenty of John, it
certainly tells us Yeshua called the God of the [Bible] “My God” His God, too. He says it four more times in Revelation
3:12. As you’ll see in just a little
bit, twice more in Matthew 27:46. We
have Yeshua saying these words seven times, Thomas once…just a thought.
The question isn’t why didn’t Jesus
rebuke Thomas, it’s was Thomas present when Mary Magdalene delivered the
message given to her by Yeshua found in John 20:17? Better yet, if Thomas wasn’t present when she
delivered it to Yeshua’s brethren, did Thomas believe his fellow brethren when
they told him, if they had to tell him, exactly what Mary Magdalene had to say
to them?
And
about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a load voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” That is “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew
27:46 (NKJV)
Who actually
died on the cross for the sin of the world?
Knowing the word of God endures forever, it had to be the Son of God. The [Biblical] Yeshua. Not God.
Lest we forget, there’s some that like to slip the word [is] in-between “Son” and “God”. Keep a close eye on what you’re reading my
friends. Believing Messiah Yeshua
“Christ” is the Son of God is very important to the
salvation of one’s soul.
When it comes to the [Biblical] Yeshua’s death burial and
resurrection, there’ll not be another like it.
When He said “It is finished!” on
that cross (John 19:30), you better count on it being so. It’s speaking of God’s plan of redemption and
salvation for all peoples of the world.
Simply put it’s a done deal, all we have to do, individually, is to believe
it.
As for Thomas’ “My Lord and my God,” I
see it as the starting point of a great conversation to be had at the local
coffee house. With or without likeminded
people as myself. Teaching it the
[Biblical] evidence of the Son of
God being “the Son is God,”
God, not a chance. With all the
[Biblical] evidence saying differently, why even it give it a second thought.
God bless.
In His Care…Jim
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