Doubt

 If I were to say Doubting Thomas most everyone would know who I was referring to.   

John 20:24  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

John 20:25  The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Here was a man by the name of Thomas who missed seeing Jesus. Thomas had for whatever reason decided not to be with the rest of the other disciples that Sunday night.  He had witnessed the Lord dying so when he heard the news that Jesus was alive it was just more than he could believe so he said I just can’t believe. This is what the word doubt means:

Doubt- To question, or hold questionable; to withhold assent from; to hesitate to believe; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.

Have you ever heard of doubting Zacharias? He asked “how shall I know”

Luke 1:18  And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.  Because of his doubt Zacharias was made  speechless and was not able to hear for nine months. What can we learn here? Doubt in God’s ability or His Word will hinder us from doing our best for Christ. How can you or I be motivated to put God’s Word into practice if we doubt it or don’t believe it. Doubt says I’m not totally convinced. I’m not sure this is true. I don’t know if I can trust what I have heard. If I don’t see it I will not believe it. Sounds good until you put the word “faith” in front of you. I love it when it’s put this way

Roman 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

So to built up our faith we are going to have to hear God’s Word. Where would one go to hear the Word of God? What about the Church house? The more you and I hear the Word of God the less likely we are to doubt what God says.