We Have Seen the Lord

John 20:25-29 
25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” 26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Thomas doubted what he could not see with his eyes, even when trustworthy witnesses told him they saw Jesus alive after death.  We should not have to touch and see to believe He is our Lord and God; faith accepts reliable testimonies of the truth, and God is looking for those who will take Him at His word, even through we who are witnesses of Him in ourselves. We bear witness to that truth who lives in us, based on His reliable word handed down from His mouth through the eyewitnesses.