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139:8.6 [[Jesus]] enjoyed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] very much and had many long, [[personal]] talks with him. His [[presence]] among the [[apostles]] was a great [[comfort]] to all honest doubters and [[encouraged]] many troubled [[minds]] to come into [[the kingdom]], even if they could not wholly [[understand]] everything about the [[spiritual]] and philosophic [[phases]] of the teachings of [[Jesus]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas]'s membership in the twelve was a standing [[declaration]] that Jesus loved even [[honest]] [[doubt]]ers.

139:8.6 [[Jesus]] enjoyed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] very much and had many long, [[personal]] talks with him. His [[presence]] among the [[apostles]] was a great [[comfort]] to all honest doubters and [[encouraged]] many troubled [[minds]] to come into [[the kingdom]], even if they could not wholly [[understand]] everything about the [[spiritual]] and philosophic [[phases]] of the teachings of [[Jesus]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas]'s membership in the twelve was a standing [[declaration]] that Jesus loved even [[honest]] [[doubt]]ers.

139:8.7 The other [[apostles]] held [[Jesus]] in [[reverence]] because of some special and outstanding trait of his replete [[personality]], but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] [[revered]] his Master because of his superbly [[balanced]] [[character]]. Increasingly Thomas admired and honored one who was so lovingly [[merciful]] yet so inflexibly [[just]] and [[fair]]; so firm but never obstinate; so calm but never indifferent; so helpful and so [[sympathetic]] but never meddlesome or dictatorial; so strong but at the same time so [[gentle]]; so [[positive]] but never rough or rude; so [[tender]] but never vacillating; so [[pure]] and innocent but at the same time so [[virile]], [[aggressive]], and forceful; so truly [[courageous]] but never rash or foolhardy; such a lover of [[nature]] but so free from all tendency to [[revere]] nature; so [[humorous]] and so [[playful]], but so free from [[levity]] and frivolity. It was this matchless [[symmetry]] of [[personality]] that so [[charmed]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas]. He probably enjoyed the highest [[intellectual]] [[understanding]] and [[personality]] [[appreciation]] of [[Jesus]] of any of the twelve.

139:8.7 The other [[apostles]] held [[Jesus]] in [[reverence]] because of some special and outstanding trait of his replete [[personality]], but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] [[revered]] his Master because of his superbly [[balanced]] [[character]]. Increasingly Thomas admired and honored one who was so lovingly [[merciful]] yet so inflexibly [[just]] and [[fair]]; so firm but never obstinate; so calm but never indifferent; so helpful and so [[sympathetic]] but never meddlesome or dictatorial; so strong but at the same time so [[gentle]]; so [[positive]] but never rough or rude; so tender but never vacillating; so [[pure]] and innocent but at the same time so [[virile]], [[aggressive]], and forceful; so truly [[courageous]] but never rash or foolhardy; such a lover of [[nature]] but so free from all tendency to [[revere]] nature; so [[humorous]] and so [[playful]], but so free from [[levity]] and frivolity. It was this matchless [[symmetry]] of [[personality]] that so [[charmed]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas]. He probably enjoyed the highest [[intellectual]] [[understanding]] and [[personality]] [[appreciation]] of [[Jesus]] of any of the twelve.

139:8.8 In the [[councils]] of the twelve [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] was always [[cautious]], advocating a [[policy]] of [[safety]] first, but if his [[conservatism]] was voted down or overruled, he was always the first fearlessly to move out in [[execution]] of the [[program]] [[decided]] upon. Again and again would he stand out against some project as being foolhardy and presumptuous; he would [[debate]] to the bitter end, but when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] would put the [[proposition]] to a [[vote]], and after the twelve would elect to do that which he had so strenuously [[opposed]], Thomas was the first to say, " Let's go! " He was a good loser. He did not hold grudges nor nurse wounded [[feelings]]. Time and again did he [[oppose]] letting [[Jesus]] expose himself to [[danger]], but when [[the Master]] would [[decide]] to take such [[risks]], always was it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] who rallied the [[apostles]] with his [[courageous]] [[words]], " Come on, [[comrades]], let's go and die with him. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_11]

139:8.8 In the [[councils]] of the twelve [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] was always [[cautious]], advocating a [[policy]] of [[safety]] first, but if his [[conservatism]] was voted down or overruled, he was always the first fearlessly to move out in [[execution]] of the [[program]] [[decided]] upon. Again and again would he stand out against some project as being foolhardy and presumptuous; he would [[debate]] to the bitter end, but when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] would put the [[proposition]] to a [[vote]], and after the twelve would elect to do that which he had so strenuously [[opposed]], Thomas was the first to say, " Let's go! " He was a good loser. He did not hold grudges nor nurse wounded [[feelings]]. Time and again did he [[oppose]] letting [[Jesus]] expose himself to [[danger]], but when [[the Master]] would [[decide]] to take such [[risks]], always was it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle Thomas] who rallied the [[apostles]] with his [[courageous]] [[words]], " Come on, [[comrades]], let's go and die with him. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_11]