The Wounds That Speak Peace

24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”
John 20:24-25
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The Wounds That Speak Peace
Thomas is often remembered for what he demanded, not for what he needed. He wanted certainty he could touch, proof that would silence his fear and grief. Thomas’ doubt was not mere stubbornness but the anguish of a disciple crushed by the cross and confused by resurrection news that seemed too good to be true. Yet Jesus does not shame him. The risen Lord returns bearing the very wounds of the cross. The scars are not erased; they are His credentials. The cross stands at the center of faith, not as a problem to be solved but as the saving work already accomplished. So it is for us. Faith does not rest on what we can verify or feel, but on what Christ gives from outside ourselves: His Word, His absolution, His body and blood. The crucified and risen Christ meets doubters with mercy, not distance. His wounds still speak, and what they speak is peace.