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= How did Jesus deal with doubt?= | |||
There was a person in the Bible that thought that Jesus was the messiah but later on he began to have some doubt. | |||
How did Jesus deal with this man's doubt? | |||
Here is the story about John the Baptist from Luke 7:18- 23: | |||
:''John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’ ” At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Lk 7:18–23.</ref> | |||
Jesus did not say, "How could you doubt me, John?" He did not condemn John for doubting. What he did was point to the evidence and to tell John's followers to go back to him and tell John the Baptist what they saw. | |||
'''Jesus did not condemn doubt. He simply pointed to the evidence.''' | |||
=William Branham and Doubt= | =William Branham and Doubt= | ||
William Branham admitted that we had a right to doubt him. This is the correct approach. If Paul commended the Bereans in Acts 17:11 for not simply accepting his word but going to the Bible to prove it, why wouldn't we take the same approach to William Branham? | William Branham admitted that we had a right to doubt him. This is the correct approach. If Paul commended the Bereans in Acts 17:11 for not simply accepting his word but going to the Bible to prove it, why wouldn't we take the same approach to William Branham? | ||
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:'''''Now, you can doubt me, I'm a man. You got a right to.''' But you mustn't doubt God.<ref>THE.WORKING.OF.THE.HOLY.SPIRIT_ PRINCE.ALBERT.SK 56-0816</ref> | :'''''Now, you can doubt me, I'm a man. You got a right to.''' But you mustn't doubt God.<ref>THE.WORKING.OF.THE.HOLY.SPIRIT_ PRINCE.ALBERT.SK 56-0816</ref> | ||
William Branham | William Branham also believed it was healthy to ask questions. In fact, that was what contributed to a strong church: | ||
:''Now, if anyone's got any questions that they want to hand in, why, just push them right on up, let some child bring them or whatever you want to. Or maybe, if we get through… I—I got about six here on one page, and then here, then we got two over there. Now, we're—we want to find out. The reason we do this is to find out what's on the people's mind, what they're thinking about. See? And '''that's what makes a good strong church.''' You've got to have the—the times, just like you got to comb the cockleburs out like, you know, and everything, get all the—the things out of the way so that you can move steadily. So now '''that's the reason we have question night once in a while''', is to find out. <ref>William Branham, 53-0729 - Questions And Answers On Genesis, para. 1</ref> | |||
'''William Branham at times confused doubt with unbelief, but they are actually two different things. | |||
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:''The first time that the devil met Jesus Christ, he doubted Him. '''Doubt always is of the devil.''' That's where the first sin come. There is no other sin but doubt. Unbelief is the original and only sin.<ref>ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH SHREVEPORT.LA 56-0722</ref> | :''The first time that the devil met Jesus Christ, he doubted Him. '''Doubt always is of the devil.''' That's where the first sin come. There is no other sin but doubt. Unbelief is the original and only sin.<ref>ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH SHREVEPORT.LA 56-0722</ref> | ||
:'''''You have no right to doubt me.'''<ref>I.PERCEIVE.THAT.THOU.ART.A.PROPHET CONNERSVILLE.IN 53-0614E</ref> | :'''''You have no right to doubt me.'''<ref>I.PERCEIVE.THAT.THOU.ART.A.PROPHET CONNERSVILLE.IN 53-0614E</ref> | ||
=The inevitability of doubt= | =The inevitability of doubt= | ||
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