Kids Bible

                

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this time what you taught the class well

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I don't believe that only when I see a

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report card

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chewin you never believe me you are

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indeed a doubting Thomas a female

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version of it

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hello my friends uncle Francis good

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afternoon good afternoon children I

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thought I heard you say doubting Thomas

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I gone to an a female doubting Thomas

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because she is not ready to believe that

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I topped the class she says she only

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believed if I showed her my report card

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why not Joan Jim is a smart boy and I

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believe he has topped the class if he's

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saying so well done Jim congratulations

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I believe it and I'm sure Joan does too

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by the way does anyone of you know how

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the phrase doubting Thomas originated no

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longer Francis in the evening please

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remind me to tell you the story of st.

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Thomas the Apostle then you will

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understand how that phrase originated

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great will be there after our studies so

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bye for now

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see you two in the evening at the park

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well where do I start you are going to

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tell us how the fries doubting Thomas

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originated well Thomas also called

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didymus was an apostle of Jesus after

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Jesus rose from the dead he appeared to

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his apostles while they were assembled

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in a room

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unfortunately Thomas was not amongst

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them that day and when he came back

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what's wrong you look as if you've seen

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a ghost

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Lord a ghost but we have seen a bastard

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flesh and blood seen the master what are

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you saying Peter yes Thomas Jesus was

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with us an hour ago he even spoke to us

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our beloved master he is indeed alive

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what no I won't believe it unless I see

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the scars of the nails in his hands and

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put my finger in those scars and my hand

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in his side I'm not going to believe a

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week later the disciples were together

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again indoors and this time Thomas was

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with them Jesus came and stood among

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them Thomas come here put your finger

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here and look at my hands then reach out

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to your hand and put it in my side

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stop your doubting

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my lord and my god I'm so sorry

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do you believe because you see happy

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Weis Thomas considered a saint when he

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doubted Jesus praise God that Thomas

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doubted perhaps it happened for our

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sakes because we are people who have to

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see an even touch to believe I am sure

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many of us would have wondered if the

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disciples had really seen Jesus or

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whether it was their blind faith that

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made them believe so to think of it

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you're right uncle Francis after this

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incident Thomas never doubted Jesus

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again he touched and was touched indeed

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he went on to preach the Word of God

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with great zeal when he saw that Jesus

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had risen from the dead it made his

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faith even more strong so you see the

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right response to doubt can lead to deep

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belief Thomas was a good apostle always

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eager to serve Jesus in the Gospel of

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John we see his zeal in the incident

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about the death of Lazarus is dead let

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us go to him

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how can we go back to Bethany that is in

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Judea yes they will kill us all

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that is for sure the last time you went

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there some of the people almost dawn now

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master calm down let us also go with him

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even if we have to die did he run away

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there are the disciples when Jesus was

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being crucified yes Jim he did run away

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in fact in the Bible you will find that

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God chooses people who would be

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considered weak as Saint Paul writes in

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his first letter to the Corinthians God

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chose what is weak in the world to shame

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the strong then there's hope for people

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like me

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of course Joan Thomas was weak like you

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and me but his heart was filled with

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great love for Jesus he was indeed

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interested in learning from him I can

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imagine what Thomas must have been as a

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young boy

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but master will God really send the

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Saviour to free us from slavery enough

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Thomas I'm really tired of your

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questions if you doubt what I'm saying

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please leave the class silence everybody

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let us continue with the lesson Thomas

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why do you have to question everything

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the master says I don't doubt anything

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he says hey saya I only want to

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understand it clearly I want to go

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beyond the surface and know the truth I

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respect that Thomas what more I can say

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but surely you are different from the

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rest of us we find the scriptures so

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boring while you want to know more I

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don't know why but the promise of a

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messiah really interests me a lot I hope

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that one day you will find someone who

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will be ready to clear all your doubts

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with love and affection

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thank you hey Surya I believe I will in

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our Lord Jesus Thomas indeed found the

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perfect teacher one who understood his

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deep zeal to learn more about God there

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is this incident in the Bible when we

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see Jesus comforting his disciples after

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finishing his last meal with them

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do not let your hearts be troubled you

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believe in God believe also in me even

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if I die I will come back and take you

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to be with me all of you you are going

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to join me Lord we don't know where

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you're going so how can we know the way

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I am the way and the truth and the life

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no one comes to the Father except to me

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if you really know me you will know my

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father as well from now on you do know

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him and have seen him

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Algie Francis what happened to Thomas

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after Jesus ascended into heaven well

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after the Holy Spirit descended upon the

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apostles and empowered them Thomas and

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Bartholomew were sent to parthia which

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is modern Iran today and India

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Thomas is traditionally believed to have

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landed at Kundu galore in Kerala where

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there was a Jewish community at that

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time he started about seven churches

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there in fact one can still find a large

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number of natives along the Malabar

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Coast who traced the origin of their

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faith to st. Thomas

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st. Thomas touched thousands of people

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from all walks of life when he was in

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India in accordance to apostolic customs

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Thomas appointed the teachers and elders

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who are reported to be the earliest

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Ministry of the malabar church thomas

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next proceeded overland to the

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coromandel coast and preached in what is

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now the madras area there he converted a

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local King and many other people he

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later visited the kingdom of mazda in

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southern india where the queen her son

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and other relatives of the local king

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started believing in Jesus and became

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Christians this made the King a mazda

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very furious and he condemned thomas to

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die

                        what horrible death yes indeed so now I

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am sure your doubts about Thomas are set

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to rest in the end this brave apostles

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showed that his faith in Jesus was so

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strong that he died for him Wow

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dad was a great story about a great man