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30 But
when he saw the wind, he was afraid and,
beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand
and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said,
“why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:30-31
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
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6 But
when you ask, you must believe and not
doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave
of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That
person should not expect to receive anything from
the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded
and unstable in all they do.
James 1:6-8
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
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1 Now
faith is confidence in what we hope for
and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
eight tensions
1 Now
faith is confidence in what we hope for
and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
Faith > Belief + Trust
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
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19 You
believe that there is one God. Good!
Even the demons believe that – and shudder.
James 2:19
Faith > Belief + Trust
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
eight tensions
1 Now
faith is confidence in what we hope for
and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
Faith = Belief + Trust
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
eight tensions
“I want people to look at my life and know
that I couldn’t be doing this by my own power.
I want to live in such a way that I am desperate
for Him to come through. That if He doesn’t come
through, I am screwed.”
Francis Chan
Forgotten God
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
eight tensions
Doubt
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
eight tensions
Doubt
Doubt is not the opposite of faith.
The opposite of faith is unbelief.
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
eight tensions
Doubt
Doubt is not the opposite of faith.
The opposite of faith is unbelief.
Honest Doubt vs. Dishonest Doubt
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
27 Then
he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here;
see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into
my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
27
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me,
you have believed; blessed are those who
have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:27-29
eight tensions
Honest Doubt
1.
Honest doubt is part of faith
2.
Honest doubt can tell us there is something
that needs our attention
3.
Honest doubt can lead to stronger faith
Trust leads to stronger faith &
Doubt can also lead to stronger faith
“There lives more faith in honest doubt,
believe me, than in half the creeds.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
In Memoriam A.H.H.