Living Proof

Luke 24:38-40 (ESV) And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

It may seem tough to believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead. Yet, this is the core doctrine of Christianity. The fact that Jesus conquered death is the basis of our hope of eternal life. Yet from the very beginning, people have struggled with believing the Resurrection actually happened. Even Jesus’ closest disciples struggled with doubt that first Easter, even while looking the freshly resurrected Jesus in the eyes.

Yet Jesus was not afraid of their doubts, nor did he condemn them for their questions. Jesus encouraged his disciples, as he does all of us who struggle with doubt, to check and see that he actually had risen from the dead. In his first appearance to all the disciples that first Easter evening, he invited them to check and see for themselves by looking at and touching the nail wounds in his hands and feet.

Even after the first touch, some were still wrestling with doubt (vs 41), so Jesus ate food in front of them (vv 42-43). Then he showed how his life and resurrection fulfilled Old Testament scriptures written hundreds of years before hand (vv 44-46). There was and is no shortage of hard evidence that Jesus rose from the dead, but the greatest evidence is touching him for yourself. It only took a few minutes for the once doubting disciples to worship Jesus (vs 52). Even then, they touched him before all their doubts were resolved. You and I do not need to have every question answered before experiencing Jesus’ touch and worshiping him. Reach out to him today.