Read: John 20:24–29 | Bible in a Year: Isaiah 7–8; Ephesians 2

阅读: 约翰福音章-节 | 全年读经进度: 以赛亚书7-8章;以弗所书2章

God can change our doubts into bold statements of faith.

上帝能让我们的怀疑变成大胆的信仰告白。

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23

也要坚守我们所承认的指望，不至摇动，因为那应许我们的是信实的。-希伯来书10章23节

When our son was struggling with heroin addiction, if you had told me God would one day use our experience to encourage other families who face these kinds of battles, I would have had trouble believing it. God has a way of bringing good out of difficult circumstances that isn’t always easy to see when you are going through them.

当我们的儿子在与海洛因毒瘾搏斗时，如果你跟我说，有一天上帝会使用我们的经历，来鼓励其他与毒品争战的家庭，我应该很难相信这话。虽然我知道上帝能从困境中带出祝福，但当你在经历那些困难时，却不容易看得明白。

The apostle Thomas also didn’t expect God to bring good out of the greatest challenge of his faith—Jesus’s crucifixion. Thomas wasn’t with the other disciples when Jesus came to them after the resurrection, and in his deep grief he insisted, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were . . . I will not believe” (John 20:25). But later, when Jesus appeared to all the disciples together, out of the dust of Thomas’s doubts God’s Spirit would inspire a striking statement of faith. When Thomas exclaimed, “My Lord and my God!” (v. 28), he was grasping the truth that Jesus was actually God in the flesh, standing right in front of him. It was a bold confession of faith that would encourage and inspire believers in every century that followed.

使徒多马也没想到，当耶稣被钉十字架，他的信心面对最大的挑战时，上帝竟能藉此重燃他的信心。当耶稣复活之后向门徒显现时，多马并没有和他们在一起。在深深的悲伤中，他坚持地说：“我非看见祂手上的钉痕，用指头探入那钉痕，……我总不信”（约翰福音20章25节）。但后来，当所有的门徒聚在一起，耶稣出现在他们眼前，驱散了多马心头的疑云，上帝的灵启发他做了引人注目的信心声明。当多马高声喊着说：“我的主，我的上帝！”（28节）他正阐述一个事实，耶稣的确是上帝成为肉身，就站在他面前。这是大胆的信仰告白，鼓励并激励着后续世世代代的信徒。

Our God is able to inspire fresh faith in our hearts, even in moments when we least expect it.  We can always look forward to His faithfulness. Nothing is too hard for Him!

即使是在我们最意想不到的时刻，上帝仍能重燃我们心中的信心。我们能倚靠祂的信实，在祂没有难成的事！

Thank You, Lord, that Your love is stronger than our 

greatest difficulties—even our worst doubts or fears!

主啊，感谢祢。祢的爱远胜过我们最大的难处，
甚至胜于我们心中最深的怀疑和恐惧！

INSIGHT

Though God may seem silent or even out of sight, He is never absent (Heb. 13:5). He is sovereignly working out things for our good; nothing is ever wasted in the hands of our God (see Rom. 8:28). In 1 Corinthians 10:13 the apostle Paul assures us that God will most certainly work things out for us: “The [trials] in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the [trials] to be more than you can stand. [God] will show you a way out so that you can endure” (nlt). When going through the difficulties of life, let us in faith see “him who is invisible” because “he who promised is faithful” (Heb. 11:27; 10:23). 

For further reflection, read 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, and 2 Timothy 2:13. Allow the faithful God to embrace you and give you fresh faith.

灵粮透视

虽然我们无法凭感官听见或看见上帝，但祂从未离开我们（希伯来书13章5节）。上帝以祂至高的主权运行作工，为要叫我们得益处。因为在上帝手中，没有任何一件事是徒然发生的（参阅罗马书8章28节）。在哥林多前书10章13节，使徒保罗清楚告诉我们，上帝一定会为我们开路：“你们所遇见的试探，无非是人所能受的。上帝是信实的，必不叫你们受试探过于所能受的。在受试探的时候，总要给你们开一条出路，叫你们能忍受得住。”当我们经历人生的艰难之际，让我们凭着信心仰望“那不能看见的主”，因为“那应许我们的是信实的”（希伯来书11章27节，10章23节）。

不妨进一步思想：哥林多前书1章9节；帖撒罗尼迦前书5章24节；帖撒罗尼迦后书3章3节；提摩太后书2章13节。让信实的上帝拥抱你，并更新你的信心。

??John? ?20:24-29? ?NIV??

“Now Thomas (also known as Didymus ), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.””

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