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1 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Makarios | 8339 | ||
Did Thomas mean this in a sense of sarcasm or in a sense of devotion in light of John 11:8? | ||||||
2 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Reformer Joe | 8342 | ||
I always took it as sarcasm. Since obviously Thomas wasn't too keen on dying with Jesus any more than the other disciples who would desert Him on the eve of His death, it shows Thomas' reluctance to go back into the jaws of trouble, which is definitely where they were heading. In fact, I found myself laughing the last time I read this passage, simply because Thomas seems to be such the comical cynic. I imagine he would have made quite a good sit-com character...but he eventually made a better apostle, of course! --Joe! |
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3 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Makarios | 8350 | ||
I agree! I always took this verse as sarcasm on Thomas' part also, since this is the same Thomas who had to see Jesus with his own eyes and put his hands on His nail pierced hands in order to believe the Resurrection. Also, the disciples' response in John 11:8 seems to support that. I was listening to a radio show on my way home from work last night and the pastor on the show referenced this verse and stated how sincere Thomas was in his loyalty, according to this verse. That got me to thinking, and I've gotten a good laugh after reading this verse too.. :) But his loyalty or intent was never questioned after the Resurrection and appearance of Jesus! Nolan |
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4 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Aixen7z4 | 121535 | ||
A post from this morning’s fare (5/17/04) makes reference to this one and revives the interest in it. To underline the point already made, it is true that we are often much too quick to be critical. We can learn much from each other if we stop and think, and I think we can learn from the Apostle Thomas to be humble and above all, sincere. Doubting does not indicate lack of sincerity. Contrariwise, it may be evidence of sincerity. We remember Thomas as the one who expressed his doubts. But we should probably be thankful that he expressed them. In John 14:5 Thomas says to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?" It is because of his statement here we have the response of the Lord Jesus Christ: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me”. In John 20 we have him expressing his doubts: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." But it is because of this that we have the words of Jesus in response: "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed." I think that most believers prize these particular statements from the Lord. But we must say, humanly speaking, that they would not have been available to us had it not been for Thomas’ doubts and his willingness to express them. And there is additional evidence of Thomas’ sincerity in Mark 14. He had said he would die with Christ rather than to deny him (See Mark 14:31). Now (in John 11:16) he is saying to his fellow-apostles, “Let us do what we said we would do”. This might be taken as further evidence of the man’s sincerity. |
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5 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Rowdy | 121537 | ||
I'm inspired to say that we should be just as suspicious when someone claims to have miraculous powers of healing and/or speaking in tongues. We should hold up the standard for measuring such feats as we find in the Bible. If their healing doesn't match the same truly miraculous (supernatural) quality of the Bible descriptions of such miracles, we must reject them as being mistaken. They have either decieved the public whom they're serving or even worse they've deceived themselves into believing their own show. The Apostles predicted this age would be filled with false teachers and people who love to claim some special relationship with God but we're commanded to "test the spirits." If Christ Himself stood up and proved Himself; if Paul was challenged time and time again and met that challenge sucessfully, we are obligated to do the same for all such people who claimed to be representing God. For God does NOT represent Himself to be "a house divided" but instead He is One with His Son AND the Holy Spirit. So let all beware, true men and women of God will be expected to follow God's commands and look for the fruit of such people and look for true Godliness. God bless. --Rowdy |
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