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On at least several occasions, Lord Jesus chides his disciples, saying to them, “Oh you of little faith.” In Matthew 17:18-20 his disciples failed to rebuke the devil who was in a boy, but Jesus succeeds. When they ask him why they failed, Jesus responds, “Because of YOUR LITTLE FAITH. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” in Matthew 8:23-26, he and his disciples take a boat out to sea and were met by a mighty storm. When his disciples tell him to save them, he says, “Why are you afraid, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?”
When Jesus makes his appearance to his disciples in Luke 24:39-41, they were still lacking in faith as Jesus, after his crucifixion, had to prove to them it was he who was standing before them. He had to convince their senses of seeing, hearing and even touch, as they were actually able to feel the flesh that was on him. Some may argue over the composition of a spirit, but the fact is that his own disciples had to be physically convinced.
In John 20:24-29, it is Thomas that needs convincing of Jesus’ appearance, and Jesus goes through the similar things he went through with his other disciples to convince them it was he. This causes Thomas in verse 28 to say, upon being convinced,“My Lord and my God!” and Jesus in Verse 29 says, in yet, perhaps, another chiding of his disciples, says “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Then we jump to Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” It seems that, if the senses were the only indication of the detection of the Holy trinity, Jesus’ disciples would have had harder job of convincing people that God exists for them and Lord Jesus is the way to God, than Jesus had of convincing his disciples. For his disciples, seeing is believing; but there was nothing for his disciples to even physically show their audience Jesus’ presence.
His disciples indeed had a tall order. It was up to them to promote the intangible of faith
in the Hoy Trinity. The fact that they succeeded shows one or both of two things. One, they were excellent persuaders, and/or two, the people they preached to had a greater capability for conceiving of something they could not see, hear and touch than the disciples themselves had.
Or, it can arguably be said that, unlike the people the disciples preached to, the disciples were intelligent enough to question with a discerning mind what appeared before them, whereas the people they preached to were more receptive to the existence of the Holy Trinity than those who, relying only on what they learned and experienced, would have been in the same situation.
What if the disciples themselves, those whom the Bible mentions, were in a crowd listening to someone preach the Gospel? Would they have been convinced, sitting in the crowd, not seeing Lord Jesus or hearing from him, as others in the crowd were convinced who didn’t see or hear from Lord Jesus either?
Who do you think had the greater faith in Jesus? We, who have never seen Lord Jesus, have faith that he exists. We have come to learn that, as stated in 2 Timothy 3:16, whatever is in the Scriptures was breathed out by God; so if God said it, it is true. We believe and have faith, not because of our senses but because of our hearts.
When Jesus makes his appearance to his disciples in Luke 24:39-41, they were still lacking in faith as Jesus, after his crucifixion, had to prove to them it was he who was standing before them. He had to convince their senses of seeing, hearing and even touch, as they were actually able to feel the flesh that was on him. Some may argue over the composition of a spirit, but the fact is that his own disciples had to be physically convinced.
In John 20:24-29, it is Thomas that needs convincing of Jesus’ appearance, and Jesus goes through the similar things he went through with his other disciples to convince them it was he. This causes Thomas in verse 28 to say, upon being convinced,“My Lord and my God!” and Jesus in Verse 29 says, in yet, perhaps, another chiding of his disciples, says “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Then we jump to Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” It seems that, if the senses were the only indication of the detection of the Holy trinity, Jesus’ disciples would have had harder job of convincing people that God exists for them and Lord Jesus is the way to God, than Jesus had of convincing his disciples. For his disciples, seeing is believing; but there was nothing for his disciples to even physically show their audience Jesus’ presence.
His disciples indeed had a tall order. It was up to them to promote the intangible of faith
in the Hoy Trinity. The fact that they succeeded shows one or both of two things. One, they were excellent persuaders, and/or two, the people they preached to had a greater capability for conceiving of something they could not see, hear and touch than the disciples themselves had.
Or, it can arguably be said that, unlike the people the disciples preached to, the disciples were intelligent enough to question with a discerning mind what appeared before them, whereas the people they preached to were more receptive to the existence of the Holy Trinity than those who, relying only on what they learned and experienced, would have been in the same situation.
What if the disciples themselves, those whom the Bible mentions, were in a crowd listening to someone preach the Gospel? Would they have been convinced, sitting in the crowd, not seeing Lord Jesus or hearing from him, as others in the crowd were convinced who didn’t see or hear from Lord Jesus either?
Who do you think had the greater faith in Jesus? We, who have never seen Lord Jesus, have faith that he exists. We have come to learn that, as stated in 2 Timothy 3:16, whatever is in the Scriptures was breathed out by God; so if God said it, it is true. We believe and have faith, not because of our senses but because of our hearts.
