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191:5.1 Thomas spent a lonesome week [[alone]] with himself in the hills around about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet]. During this time he saw only those at Simon's house and [[John Mark]]. It was about nine o'clock on Saturday, April 15, when the [[two]] [[apostles]] found him and took him back with them to their [[rendezvous]] at the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]]. The next day [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] [[listened]] to the telling of the [[stories]] of [[the Master]]'s various [[appearances]], but he [[steadfastly]] refused to [[believe]]. He maintained that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[enthused]] them into [[thinking]] they had seen [[the Master]]. [[Nathaniel]] [[reasoned]] with him, but it did no [[good]]. There was an [[emotional]] stubbornness [[associated]] with his customary [[doubtfulness]], and this [[state]] of [[mind]], coupled with his chagrin at having run away from them, [[conspired]] to create a situation of [[isolation]] which even [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] himself did not fully [[understand]]. He had withdrawn from his fellows, he had gone his own way, and now, even when he was back among them, he [[unconsciously]] tended to [[assume]] an [[attitude]] of disagreement. He was slow to [[surrender]]; he disliked to give in. Without [[intending]] it, he really enjoyed the [[attention]] paid him; he derived [[unconscious]] [[satisfaction]] from the [[efforts]] of all his fellows to convince and [[convert]] him. He had missed them for a full week, and he obtained considerable [[pleasure]] from their [[persistent]] [[attentions]].

191:5.1 Thomas spent a lonesome week [[alone]] with himself in the hills around about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet]. During this time he saw only those at Simon's house and [[John Mark]]. It was about nine o'clock on Saturday, April 15, when the [[two]] [[apostles]] found him and took him back with them to their [[rendezvous]] at the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]]. The next day [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] [[listened]] to the telling of the [[stories]] of [[the Master]]'s various [[appearances]], but he [[steadfastly]] refused to [[believe]]. He maintained that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[enthused]] them into [[thinking]] they had seen [[the Master]]. [[Nathaniel]] [[reasoned]] with him, but it did no [[good]]. There was an [[emotional]] stubbornness [[associated]] with his customary [[doubtfulness]], and this [[state]] of [[mind]], coupled with his chagrin at having run away from them, [[conspired]] to create a situation of [[isolation]] which even [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] himself did not fully [[understand]]. He had withdrawn from his fellows, he had gone his own way, and now, even when he was back among them, he [[unconsciously]] tended to [[assume]] an [[attitude]] of disagreement. He was slow to [[surrender]]; he disliked to give in. Without [[intending]] it, he really enjoyed the [[attention]] paid him; he derived [[unconscious]] [[satisfaction]] from the [[efforts]] of all his fellows to convince and [[convert]] him. He had missed them for a full week, and he obtained considerable [[pleasure]] from their [[persistent]] [[attentions]].

191:5.2 They were having their evening meal a little after six o'clock, with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] sitting on one side of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and [[Nathaniel]] on the other, when the [[doubting]] [[apostle]] said: " I will not [[believe]] unless I see [[the Master]] with my own eyes and put my finger in the mark of the nails. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20] As they thus sat at supper, and while the doors were [[securely]] shut and barred, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] suddenly [[appeared]] inside the curvature of the table and, standing directly in front of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], said:

191:5.2 They were having their evening meal a little after six o'clock, with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] sitting on one side of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and [[Nathaniel]] on the other, when the [[doubting]] [[apostle]] said: " I will not [[believe]] unless I see [[the Master]] with my own eyes and put my finger in the mark of the nails. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20] As they thus sat at supper, and while the doors were [[securely]] shut and barred, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] suddenly [[appeared]] inside the curvature of the table and, standing directly in front of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], said:

191:5.3 " [[Peace]] be upon you. For a full week have I tarried that I might [[appear]] again when you were all present to hear once more the [[commission]] to go into all the world and [[preach]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Again I tell you: As [[the Father]] sent me into the world, so send I you. As I have [[revealed]] [[the Father]], so shall you [[reveal]] the [[divine]] [[love]], not merely with [[words]], but in your [[daily living]]. I send you forth, not to [[love]] the [[souls]] of men, but rather to [[love]] men. You are not merely to [[proclaim]] the [[joys]] of [[heaven]] but also to [[exhibit]] in your daily [[experience]] these [[spirit]] [[realities]] of the [[divine]] life since you already have [[eternal]] life, as the [[gift]] of [[God]], through [[faith]]. When you have [[faith]], when [[power]] from on high, the [[Spirit of Truth]], has come upon you, you will not hide your [[light]] here behind closed doors; you will make known the [[love]] and the [[mercy]] of [[God]] to all [[mankind]]. Through [[fear]] you now flee from the [[facts]] of a disagreeable [[experience]], but when you shall have been [[baptized]] with the [[Spirit of Truth]], you will [[bravely]] and [[joyously]] go forth to meet the new [[experiences]] of [[proclaiming]] the good news of [[eternal]] life in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may tarry here and in [[Galilee]] for a short [[season]] while you recover from the [[shock]] of the [[transition]] from the [[false]] [[security]] of the [[authority]] of [[traditionalism]] to the new order of the [[authority]] of [[facts]], [[truth]], and [[faith]] in the [[supreme]] [[realities]] of living [[experience]]. Your [[mission]] to the world is founded on the [[fact]] that I lived a [[God]]-[[revealing]] life among you; on the [[truth]] that you and all other men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]; and it shall consist in the life which you will live among men—the [[actual]] and living [[experience]] of loving men and serving them, even as I have [[loved]] and served you. Let [[faith]] [[reveal]] your [[light]] to the world; let the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] open the eyes blinded by [[tradition]]; let your loving [[service]] effectually destroy the [[prejudice]] engendered by [[ignorance]]. By so drawing close to your fellow men in [[understanding]] [[sympathy]] and with [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], you will [[lead]] them into a saving [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]]'s love. The [[Jews]] have extolled [[goodness]]; the [[Greeks]] have exalted [[beauty]]; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] preach [[devotion]]; the far-away [[ascetics]] teach [[reverence]]; the [[Romans]] demand [[loyalty]]; but I require of my [[disciples]] life, even a life of loving [[service]] for your brothers in the [[flesh]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.1]

191:5.3 " [[Peace]] be upon you. For a full week have I tarried that I might [[appear]] again when you were all present to hear once more the [[commission]] to go into all the world and [[preach]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Again I tell you: As [[the Father]] sent me into the world, so send I you. As I have [[revealed]] [[the Father]], so shall you [[reveal]] the [[divine]] [[love]], not merely with [[words]], but in your [[daily living]]. I send you forth, not to [[love]] the [[souls]] of men, but rather to [[love]] men. You are not merely to [[proclaim]] the [[joys]] of [[heaven]] but also to [[exhibit]] in your daily [[experience]] these [[spirit]] [[realities]] of the [[divine]] life since you already have [[eternal]] life, as the [[gift]] of [[God]], through [[faith]]. When you have [[faith]], when [[power]] from on high, the [[Spirit of Truth]], has come upon you, you will not hide your [[light]] here behind closed doors; you will make known the [[love]] and the [[mercy]] of [[God]] to all [[mankind]]. Through [[fear]] you now flee from the [[facts]] of a disagreeable [[experience]], but when you shall have been [[baptized]] with the [[Spirit of Truth]], you will [[bravely]] and [[joyously]] go forth to meet the new [[experiences]] of [[proclaiming]] the good news of [[eternal]] life in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may tarry here and in [[Galilee]] for a short [[season]] while you recover from the [[shock]] of the [[transition]] from the [[false]] [[security]] of the [[authority]] of [[traditionalism]] to the new order of the [[authority]] of [[facts]], [[truth]], and [[faith]] in the [[supreme]] [[realities]] of living [[experience]]. Your [[mission]] to the world is founded on the [[fact]] that I lived a [[God]]-[[revealing]] life among you; on the [[truth]] that you and all other men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]; and it shall consist in the life which you will live among men—the [[actual]] and living [[experience]] of loving men and serving them, even as I have [[loved]] and served you. Let [[faith]] [[reveal]] your [[light]] to the world; let the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] open the eyes blinded by [[tradition]]; let your loving [[service]] effectually destroy the [[prejudice]] engendered by [[ignorance]]. By so drawing close to your fellow men in [[understanding]] [[sympathy]] and with [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], you will [[lead]] them into a saving [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]]'s love. The [[Jews]] have extolled [[goodness]]; the [[Greeks]] have exalted [[beauty]]; the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] preach [[devotion]]; the far-away [[ascetics]] teach [[reverence]]; the [[Romans]] demand [[loyalty]]; but I require of my [[disciples]] life, even a life of loving [[service]] for your brothers in the [[flesh]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.1]

191:5.4 When [[the Master]] had so [[spoken]], he looked down into the [[face]] of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and said: " And you, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], who said you would not [[believe]] unless you could see me and put your finger in the nail [[marks]] of my hands, have now beheld me and heard my [[words]]; and though you see no nail [[marks]] on my hands, since I am [[Resurrection|raised]] in the [[form]] that you also shall have when you depart from this world, what will you say to your brethren? You will acknowledge the [[truth]], for already in your [[heart]] you had begun to [[believe]] even when you so stoutly [[asserted]] your unbelief. Your [[doubts]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], always most stubbornly [[assert]] themselves just as they are about to crumble. [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], I bid you be not faithless but [[believing]]—and I know you will [[believe]], even with a whole [[heart]]."

191:5.4 When [[the Master]] had so [[spoken]], he looked down into the [[face]] of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and said: " And you, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], who said you would not [[believe]] unless you could see me and put your finger in the nail [[marks]] of my hands, have now beheld me and heard my [[words]]; and though you see no nail [[marks]] on my hands, since I am [[Resurrection|raised]] in the [[form]] that you also shall have when you depart from this world, what will you say to your brethren? You will acknowledge the [[truth]], for already in your [[heart]] you had begun to [[believe]] even when you so stoutly [[asserted]] your unbelief. Your [[doubts]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], always most stubbornly [[assert]] themselves just as they are about to crumble. [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], I bid you be not faithless but [[believing]]—and I know you will [[believe]], even with a whole [[heart]]."