The Doubters

1Corinthians 15:7
7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

James in this scripture is the half-brother of Jesus. The apostle Paul was describing the resurrection of Christ to the church in Corinth and to whom Jesus appeared. Did you know that Jesus' brother James refused to believe Jesus' true nature? Yes, most of his family didn't. His brothers challenged him at one point because they felt it strange that he didn't want everyone to know he could perform miracles. Jesus' response then was that it was not time for him to be revealed. Can you imagine being the brother of Jesus? James refused to believe Jesus' true nature until after the resurrection. He watched Jesus die on the cross. James was with the women the morning Jesus appeared to them. Only then did he believe. So much so that he became a leader in the church of Jerusalem and was the author of the book of James in the New Testament. Paul, like James, once did not believe Jesus to be the Son of God. The greatest doubters usually have to have a severe experience before belief takes place. It's the same today. Most have to watch a miracle take place before their very eyes in order to believe. Watching something that they know couldn't have happened by natural means. For James and Paul, it was seeing Christ himself. Who knows what it will be for those you know who don't believe but claim to in order to keep the peace. Jesus knows. But in the end "every knee shall bow and every tongue must confess."

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