Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / What If Your Doubt Is Actually What Keeps You in the Room? (John 20:19-31)
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- 0:03Hello
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- 0:04Brad
- 0:04Miller
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- 0:13selected
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- 0:14Revised
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- 0:15Lectionary
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- 0:17very
- 0:18day.
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- 0:19understandable.
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- 0:20use
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- 0:20version
- 0:21relatable.
- 0:22Please
- 0:22listen
- 0:23to
- 0:23the
- 0:23points
- 0:23to
- 0:23ponder
- 0:24and
- 0:24applicable
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- 0:25steps
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- 0:28less
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- 0:53Here's
- 0:54today's
- 0:54reading.
- 0:56Reading
- 0:56Today
- 0:56from
- 0:56the
- 0:57Gospel
- 0:57of
- 0:57John
- 0:5720:19
- 0:5831
- 0:59from
- 1:00the
- 1:00Message
- 1:01to
- 1:02Believe
- 1:03later
- 1:03on
- 1:03that
- 1:04day,
- 1:04the
- 1:04disciples
- 1:04had
- 1:04gathered
- 1:05together
- 1:05but
- 1:05fearful
- 1:06of
- 1:06the
- 1:06Jews,
- 1:07had
- 1:07locked
- 1:07all
- 1:07the
- 1:07doors
- 1:08in
- 1:08the
- 1:08house.
- 1:08Jesus
- 1:09entered,
- 1:09stood
- 1:10among
- 1:10them
- 1:10and
- 1:10said,
- 1:11peace
- 1:12be
- 1:12to
- 1:12you.
- 1:13Then
- 1:14he
- 1:14showed
- 1:14them
- 1:14his
- 1:14hands
- 1:14and
- 1:14his
- 1:15side.
- 1:16The
- 1:16disciples,
- 1:17seeing
- 1:17the
- 1:17Master
- 1:18with
- 1:18his
- 1:18own
- 1:18eyes,
- 1:18were
- 1:18awestruck.
- 1:19And
- 1:20Jesus
- 1:20repeated
- 1:20this
- 1:21greeting,
- 1:21peace
- 1:22to
- 1:22you.
- 1:23Just
- 1:23as
- 1:23the
- 1:23Father
- 1:23sent
- 1:23me,
- 1:24I
- 1:24send
- 1:24you.
- 1:25They
- 1:25took
- 1:26a
- 1:26deep
- 1:26breath
- 1:26and
- 1:26breathed
- 1:27into
- 1:27them.
- 1:28Receive
- 1:28the
- 1:28Holy
- 1:28Spirit,
- 1:29he
- 1:29said.
- 1:30If
- 1:30you
- 1:30forgive
- 1:30someone's
- 1:31sins,
- 1:31they're
- 1:31going
- 1:31for
- 1:32good.
- 1:32If
- 1:33you
- 1:33don't
- 1:33forgive
- 1:33sins,
- 1:34they're
- 1:34going
- 1:34to
- 1:34do
- 1:35what
- 1:35are
- 1:35you
- 1:35going
- 1:35to
- 1:36do
- 1:36with
- 1:36with
- 1:36them.
- 1:38But
- 1:39Thomas,
- 1:40sometimes
- 1:40called
- 1:40the
- 1:40twin,
- 1:41one
- 1:42of
- 1:42the
- 1:4212,
- 1:45was
- 1:45not
- 1:45with
- 1:45him
- 1:46when
- 1:46Jesus
- 1:46came.
- 1:46The
- 1:47other
- 1:47disciples
- 1:47told
- 1:47him,
- 1:48we
- 1:48saw
- 1:48the
- 1:49Master.
- 1:49But
- 1:50he
- 1:50said,
- 1:50unless
- 1:50I
- 1:51see
- 1:51the
- 1:51nail
- 1:51holes
- 1:52in
- 1:52his
- 1:52hands
- 1:53and
- 1:53put
- 1:53my
- 1:53finger
- 1:54in
- 1:54the
- 1:54nail
- 1:54holes
- 1:55and
- 1:55stick
- 1:55my
- 1:55hand
- 1:55in
- 1:56his
- 1:56side,
- 1:56I
- 1:56won't
- 1:57believe
- 1:57it.
- 1:58Eight
- 1:58days
- 1:59later,
- 1:59his
- 1:59disciples
- 2:00were
- 2:00again
- 2:00in
- 2:00the
- 2:00room.
- 2:01This
- 2:01time
- 2:02Thomas
- 2:02was
- 2:02with
- 2:02them
- 2:03and
- 2:03Jesus
- 2:04came
- 2:04through
- 2:04the
- 2:04locked
- 2:05door,
- 2:05stood
- 2:05among
- 2:05them
- 2:05and
- 2:06said,
- 2:06peace
- 2:07to
- 2:07you.
- 2:08Then
- 2:08he
- 2:08focused
- 2:09his
- 2:09attention
- 2:09on
- 2:09Thomas.
- 2:10Take
- 2:11your
- 2:11finger
- 2:11and
- 2:11examine
- 2:12my
- 2:12hands.
- 2:12Take
- 2:13your
- 2:13hand
- 2:14and
- 2:14stick
- 2:14it
- 2:14in
- 2:14my
- 2:14side.
- 2:15Don't
- 2:16be
- 2:16unbelieving.
- 2:17Believe.
- 2:18Thomas
- 2:19said,
- 2:20my
- 2:20Master,
- 2:20my
- 2:21God.
- 2:21And
- 2:22Jesus
- 2:22said,
- 2:23so
- 2:23you
- 2:23believe
- 2:24because
- 2:24you've
- 2:24seen
- 2:24with
- 2:24your
- 2:25own
- 2:25eyes.
- 2:26Even
- 2:26better
- 2:26blessings
- 2:27are
- 2:27in
- 2:27store
- 2:27for
- 2:27those
- 2:27who
- 2:28believe
- 2:28without
- 2:28seeing.
- 2:29Jesus
- 2:30provided
- 2:30far
- 2:31more
- 2:31God
- 2:31revealing
- 2:32signs
- 2:32than
- 2:32are
- 2:33written
- 2:33down
- 2:33in
- 2:33this
- 2:33book.
- 2:34These
- 2:35are
- 2:35the
- 2:35written
- 2:35ones
- 2:36so
- 2:36you
- 2:36can
- 2:36believe
- 2:37that
- 2:37Jesus
- 2:37is
- 2:37the
- 2:38Messiah
- 2:39and
- 2:39Son
- 2:39of
- 2:39God
- 2:40and
- 2:40the
- 2:40act
- 2:40of
- 2:41believing
- 2:41have
- 2:41real
- 2:41and
- 2:42eternal
- 2:42life
- 2:43and
- 2:43the
- 2:43way
- 2:43he
- 2:43personally
- 2:44revealed
- 2:44It.
- 2:46Well,
- 2:46great.
- 2:46That
- 2:47ends
- 2:47the
- 2:47reading
- 2:48of
- 2:48this
- 2:48passage.
- 2:49A
- 2:49couple
- 2:49things
- 2:50I
- 2:50really
- 2:50want
- 2:50you
- 2:50to
- 2:50sit
- 2:50with
- 2:51today.
- 2:51I
- 2:51like
- 2:51to
- 2:51call
- 2:51them
- 2:52points
- 2:52to
- 2:52ponder.
- 2:53First
- 2:54one
- 2:54is
- 2:54this.
- 2:55Thomas
- 2:55didn't
- 2:56get
- 2:56punished
- 2:56for
- 2:56his
- 2:56doubt.
- 2:57He
- 2:57got
- 2:57an
- 2:57invitation.
- 2:59Poor
- 2:59Thomas.
- 2:59He
- 2:59gets
- 3:00a
- 3:00bad
- 3:00rap,
- 3:00doesn't
- 3:00he?
- 3:00For
- 3:01centuries,
- 3:01the
- 3:01church
- 3:01has
- 3:01handed
- 3:02this
- 3:02man
- 3:03a
- 3:03nickname
- 3:03he
- 3:03never
- 3:03asked
- 3:04for
- 3:04doubting
- 3:04Thomas,
- 3:06as
- 3:06if
- 3:06doubt
- 3:06was
- 3:06a
- 3:07wisp,
- 3:07was
- 3:07the
- 3:07worst
- 3:07thing
- 3:08a
- 3:08person
- 3:08can
- 3:08bring
- 3:08to
- 3:09their
- 3:09faith.
- 3:10But
- 3:10look
- 3:10what
- 3:11actually
- 3:11happens
- 3:11in
- 3:12the
- 3:12text.
- 3:13Thomas
- 3:15says,
- 3:15I
- 3:15need
- 3:16evidence.
- 3:17I
- 3:17need
- 3:17to
- 3:17see
- 3:17this
- 3:17for
- 3:18myself.
- 3:19And
- 3:19Jesus
- 3:20doesn't
- 3:20show
- 3:20up
- 3:20eight
- 3:20days
- 3:21later
- 3:21with
- 3:21a
- 3:21lecture.
- 3:22He
- 3:22doesn't
- 3:23sideline
- 3:23Thomas
- 3:24or
- 3:24revoke
- 3:24his
- 3:25disciple
- 3:26credentials.
- 3:27He
- 3:27shows
- 3:27up
- 3:28and
- 3:28says,
- 3:28here,
- 3:28Thomas,
- 3:29look,
- 3:30touch.
- 3:31Take
- 3:32all
- 3:32the
- 3:32time
- 3:32you
- 3:32need.
- 3:34So
- 3:34from
- 3:34a
- 3:34progressive
- 3:35theological
- 3:35standpoint,
- 3:36that
- 3:36matters
- 3:37enormously.
- 3:38So
- 3:38much
- 3:38of
- 3:39religious
- 3:39culture
- 3:39treats
- 3:40doubt
- 3:40as
- 3:40spiritual
- 3:41failure,
- 3:42something
- 3:42to
- 3:43suppress,
- 3:43confess,
- 3:44or
- 3:44to
- 3:44quickly
- 3:45move
- 3:45past.
- 3:46But
- 3:46this
- 3:46text
- 3:47suggests
- 3:47something
- 3:47entirely
- 3:48different.
- 3:49Doubt,
- 3:50honesty
- 3:50expressed,
- 3:51is
- 3:51actually
- 3:52the
- 3:52thing
- 3:52that
- 3:52keeps
- 3:53you
- 3:53in
- 3:53the
- 3:53room.
- 3:54Thomas
- 3:55didn't
- 3:55walk
- 3:55away.
- 3:56He
- 3:56stayed.
- 3:57He
- 3:57stayed
- 3:57with
- 3:58his
- 3:58questions
- 3:59in
- 3:59community.
- 4:00And
- 4:01that's
- 4:01exactly
- 4:01where
- 4:02encounter
- 4:03happened.
- 4:05On
- 4:05my
- 4:05cancer
- 4:06related
- 4:06podcast,
- 4:06I
- 4:06talk
- 4:06to
- 4:07people
- 4:07regularly
- 4:07who
- 4:07are
- 4:08sitting
- 4:08with
- 4:09some
- 4:09version
- 4:09of
- 4:09what
- 4:09Thomas
- 4:10experienced.
- 4:11They
- 4:11kind
- 4:11of
- 4:11look
- 4:12at
- 4:12their
- 4:12circumstances
- 4:12and
- 4:13say,
- 4:13I'm
- 4:13not
- 4:13sure
- 4:13I
- 4:13can
- 4:13believe
- 4:14what
- 4:15everyone
- 4:15else
- 4:15seems
- 4:15to
- 4:15believe
- 4:16right
- 4:16now.
- 4:17And
- 4:17I
- 4:18always
- 4:18want
- 4:18to
- 4:18tell
- 4:19them,
- 4:19stay
- 4:20in
- 4:20the
- 4:20room.
- 4:21Bring
- 4:21all
- 4:21of
- 4:22it,
- 4:22the
- 4:22doubt
- 4:22and
- 4:22everything.
- 4:23You
- 4:23are
- 4:23an
- 4:24excellent
- 4:24company.
- 4:26Point
- 4:26upon
- 4:26our
- 4:26number
- 4:27two.
- 4:28Jesus
- 4:29walked
- 4:29through
- 4:29locked
- 4:30doors
- 4:32twice.
- 4:34Detail
- 4:34I
- 4:34really
- 4:35like.
- 4:35I
- 4:36like
- 4:36here.
- 4:36I
- 4:37love
- 4:37this
- 4:37detail.
- 4:37The
- 4:37disciples
- 4:38are
- 4:38huddled
- 4:39behind
- 4:39locked
- 4:39doors
- 4:40out
- 4:41of
- 4:41fear,
- 4:41you
- 4:41know,
- 4:42And
- 4:42Jesus
- 4:43just
- 4:43walks
- 4:43right
- 4:43through.
- 4:44No
- 4:44knock,
- 4:44no
- 4:44key,
- 4:45no
- 4:45presence.
- 4:46He
- 4:46just
- 4:46there
- 4:47in
- 4:47the
- 4:47middle
- 4:47of
- 4:47their
- 4:48lockdown.
- 4:49And
- 4:49then
- 4:49he
- 4:50does
- 4:50it
- 4:50again
- 4:50eight
- 4:50days
- 4:51later.
- 4:51Same
- 4:52locked
- 4:52room,
- 4:52apparently.
- 4:53Same
- 4:53frightened
- 4:54people,
- 4:54same
- 4:54unhurried
- 4:55exist
- 4:56entrance.
- 4:57And
- 4:57a
- 4:58progressive
- 4:58reading
- 4:58of
- 4:58this
- 4:58asks,
- 4:59what
- 4:59are
- 4:59the
- 4:59locked
- 5:00doors
- 5:00in
- 5:00our
- 5:00own
- 5:00lives?
- 5:02Fear,
- 5:02grief,
- 5:03cynicism,
- 5:03exhaustion,
- 5:05old
- 5:05wounds.
- 5:07These
- 5:07are
- 5:07locked
- 5:07doors.
- 5:08The
- 5:09theological
- 5:09claim
- 5:10here
- 5:10is
- 5:10that
- 5:10none
- 5:11of
- 5:11these
- 5:11locks
- 5:12are
- 5:13actually
- 5:13a
- 5:13barrier
- 5:14to
- 5:14grace.
- 5:15Not
- 5:16one.
- 5:17Jesus
- 5:17gets
- 5:18through
- 5:18the
- 5:19locked
- 5:19doors
- 5:19of
- 5:19our
- 5:19lives.
- 5:21My
- 5:21wife
- 5:22and
- 5:22I
- 5:22have
- 5:22been
- 5:22married
- 5:23for
- 5:2334
- 5:23years.
- 5:23We
- 5:24got
- 5:24three
- 5:24great
- 5:24kids,
- 5:25a
- 5:26couple
- 5:26wonderful
- 5:26granddaughters.
- 5:27They
- 5:27all
- 5:28make
- 5:28every
- 5:28day
- 5:28better.
- 5:29I'll
- 5:29tell
- 5:30you
- 5:30from
- 5:30lived
- 5:30experience.
- 5:30The
- 5:31moments
- 5:31where
- 5:31love
- 5:31showed
- 5:32up
- 5:32most
- 5:33powerfully
- 5:33were
- 5:33never
- 5:34the
- 5:34easy
- 5:35open
- 5:35door
- 5:36moments.
- 5:37They
- 5:37were
- 5:37the
- 5:37hard
- 5:37seasons,
- 5:38the
- 5:38times
- 5:38we
- 5:38didn't
- 5:39know
- 5:39what
- 5:39came
- 5:40next.
- 5:41And
- 5:41that's
- 5:41where
- 5:41presence
- 5:42does
- 5:43its
- 5:43deepest
- 5:43work.
- 5:44And
- 5:45notice
- 5:45what
- 5:45Jesus
- 5:46says
- 5:46both
- 5:46times
- 5:46he
- 5:47walks
- 5:47through
- 5:47those
- 5:47locked
- 5:48doors.
- 5:49Not
- 5:49hey,
- 5:49what's
- 5:50wrong
- 5:50with
- 5:50you
- 5:50guys.
- 5:51Now
- 5:52you
- 5:52should
- 5:52have
- 5:52been
- 5:52braver.
- 5:53Just
- 5:53this
- 5:55Peace
- 5:55be
- 5:56with
- 5:56you.
- 5:57Peace
- 5:58first,
- 5:59always.
- 6:01Wonderful.
- 6:03Here's
- 6:03your
- 6:04action
- 6:04Step
- 6:05Identify
- 6:05one
- 6:06honest
- 6:06doubt
- 6:06or
- 6:07question
- 6:07about
- 6:07your
- 6:07faith
- 6:08that
- 6:08you've
- 6:08been
- 6:08keeping
- 6:09locked
- 6:09up.
- 6:10Maybe
- 6:11of
- 6:11embarrassment
- 6:12or
- 6:12fear
- 6:12of
- 6:12judgment
- 6:13or
- 6:13just
- 6:13because
- 6:14it
- 6:14feels
- 6:14too
- 6:14complicated
- 6:15to
- 6:15say
- 6:15out
- 6:15loud
- 6:17this
- 6:17week.
- 6:17Say
- 6:17it
- 6:17out
- 6:18loud,
- 6:18write
- 6:18it
- 6:18in
- 6:18a
- 6:19journal,
- 6:19share
- 6:19it
- 6:20with
- 6:20a
- 6:20trusted
- 6:21friend,
- 6:22or
- 6:22just
- 6:22say
- 6:23it
- 6:23to
- 6:23yourself
- 6:23when
- 6:23you're
- 6:23driving
- 6:24in
- 6:24your
- 6:24car.
- 6:25Honest
- 6:26doubt
- 6:26brought
- 6:26into
- 6:26the
- 6:26open
- 6:27as
- 6:27a
- 6:27way
- 6:28of
- 6:28becoming
- 6:28the
- 6:28very
- 6:28doorway
- 6:29where
- 6:30something
- 6:30real
- 6:31walks
- 6:31in.
- 6:33We'll
- 6:34come
- 6:34back
- 6:34and
- 6:34have
- 6:34a
- 6:34prayer
- 6:34here
- 6:35just
- 6:35a
- 6:35moment,
- 6:35but
- 6:36did
- 6:36want
- 6:36you
- 6:36to
- 6:36know
- 6:36that
- 6:36we
- 6:37have
- 6:37a
- 6:37great
- 6:37resource
- 6:38for
- 6:38you
- 6:38for
- 6:39your
- 6:39home
- 6:39Bible
- 6:39study.
- 6:40It's
- 6:40called
- 6:40the
- 6:40ABC123
- 6:42Bible
- 6:42Study
- 6:43Method.
- 6:44Head
- 6:44on
- 6:44over
- 6:44to
- 6:44our
- 6:44website
- 6:45voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:47that's
- 6:47where
- 6:47you
- 6:47can
- 6:47pick
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