Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Many of us never become convinced that Jesus is who he says he is

because we don't want him to be who he says he is.

Because what we want is, well listen, not really a God.

What we want is to look into the mirror, see a

reflection of ourselves and label that as divine. You want to look into the mirror

and slap God on what you see. Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. I'm your host Molly Bitevich. Okay, I think many of us have

encountered this. We've shared the truths of scripture with someone, but they

respond by saying that the evidence they've heard just isn't convincing. And at the end of the day, they just can't believe in some ancient myth as a fact.

Well, today on Summit Life, Pastor J.D presents an alternative explanation for their unbelief.

He's arguing that unbelief doesn't actually stem from an intellectual lack of evidence.

And as an example, he points to one of the most famous skeptics of all time, the Apostle Thomas, who earned the

unfortunate nickname, Doubting Thomas. Do you have a little Thomas in you? If you don't,

chances are that you know someone who does.

Today, Pastor Jady is teaching from John Chapter 20,

and he titled this message, The Skeptic.

You see, what we often call a head problem is really a heart problem. We don't want to

surrender our understanding or our wills and so our mind turns off any evidence that contradicts what we want to be true.

Or in fact, you might say it like this,

the mind will never accept what the heart has already rejected.

When Thomas said, my lord and my god God what he was saying is I know that I may not

understand why you're doing what you do but I understand who you are and I will

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