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Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Lord and God
"Thomas said to him, ' My Lord and my God!' " (v. 28)
-- For reading & meditation: John 20:24-31
Jesus Christ accepted worship as God. What other person in his right
mind has ever made such a claim? Earlier Simon Peter had made the
confession "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matt.
16:16), which was a profound and powerful statement. Some Bible
scholars believe Peter did not perceive the complete significance of
the words when he uttered them, but came to see their full meaning
later. The twelve disciples, we must remember, were Jews to a man.
They had been steeped in their high and ancient faith, and the belief
in one God was firmly embedded in their minds. "Hear O Israel," they
had said a thousand times, "the Lord our God is one Lord." They were
sure the Messiah, the Promised One, would come, but they hardly
expected God to come Himself, in Person, and in the garb of a working
man. It was difficult for the disciples to grasp the doctrine of
Christ as we know it today, or even the truth of the Trinity. They
glimpsed it but did not fully understand it. It was Thomas the
doubter, as we call him, who stepped nearer to the truth in the Upper
Room after Christ had come back from the grave. If Jesus was a good
man but not God then when Thomas said, "My Lord and my God," He
should have turned to Thomas and told him: "You can admire Me but you
must not worship Me. I am not God.� He didn't because He is God, and
thus the right recipient of worship.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, I stand in awe and almost dumbfounded wonder at the fact
that You being God came to this world as a working man. My heart
echoes Thomas's cry: "My Lord and my God." And in worshipping You,
Lord Jesus, I know I am worshipping God. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Matt. 16:1-16; Mark 5:1-7; 15:39; John 1:49; 4:42; 11:24-27
1. List some of the people who acknowledged Jesus as God.
2. Who else acknowledged Him in this way?
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