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that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart Lord.” As believers, we obviously come
that God raised him from the dead, you into the good of this benediction, having
will be saved” (Rom 10:9 NET). never seen the Savior with our physical
eyes. But we heartily agree with Peter,
The Benediction “You have not seen him, but you love him.
Next comes the last of two benedictions You do not see him now but you believe
in John’s Gospel (see 13:17). Jesus said, in him, and so you rejoice with an inde-
“Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou scribable and glorious joy, because you
hast believed: blessed are they that have are attaining the goal of your faith – the
not seen, and yet have believed” (20:29). salvation of your souls” (1Pe 1:8-9 NET).
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This does not mean Thomas was not Have you believed in Him? Have you
blessed. You would have a hard time con-
vincing him he was not as he looked upon received God’s salvation? Do you have
his risen Lord. But “Jesus here foresees a “eternal life through Jesus Christ our
time when He will not provide the kind Lord” (Rom 6:23)? John recorded this sign,
of tangible evidence afforded the beloved along with a handful of others, “that ye
disciple and Thomas; in short, He will might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
ascend to His Father permanently, and all Son of God; and that believing ye might
those who believe will do so without the have life through his name” (Joh 20:31).
benefit of having seen their resurrected Why not believe Him now?

6 Forms of the word “believe” dominate this 7 D.A. Carson, The Gospel According to John
section, appearing seven times in eight verses (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1991),
(vv24-31). 659.

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