The Ev John (20.10-31) shows a Thomas who has refused to make a decision
(to believe) - because he didn't get any reason, any basic in favour of a resurrection.
For him, the human senses would bear reason (seeing, hearing, touching). Thomas belongs to the kind of people who base their life-style upon the perception by senses. That's good - but today that's not any more enough.
The human perception by senses has developped over many years (millions) but this under the law of the survival of the species. In the meantime the human conciousness has emerged and we need a new basic for the Spiritual Life.
The perception by senses cannot establish the NEW LIFE (like the resurrection-way, or like the Holy Spirit... , like love, or mercy or schalom etc...). The senses-perception takes up a shape, a model of an already existing material-reality. Human senses are creative, sure, but for the NEW LIFE not enough.
And exactly this "only-human-senses-reality" is not basic for the resurrection-way: love is matter-transcendent. Senses and Insight together will build a basic upon the resurrection-way is dared, decided.
Only the human decision brings into existence love, hope, the Kingdom of God etc...
Baptism (start of a NEW LIFE) is based on a personal decision, not upon a perception by senses like beauty, wellbeing etc... Therefore happy and real are people who make a decision and not only a logical conclusion of some perception.
The personal decision is based on a offered challenge, on a view of the future (not the past) or on a personal human relationship. As long as we state that our world-view is based on evidence given by senses, Thomas is unable to make a personal decision - he is short-sighted, his world is "measured" - but the spirit (mens) is unmeasured.
The signs of Jesus (his life-style) are indications of a very NEW human Life-style - emerging out of responsible consciousness not out of senses-evidence.
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