Dealing With Doubt

Notes: Dealing With Doubt

Greatest Stories Ever Told

November 21, 2013

Pastor Greg Laurie

Mat 11:1

Matthew 3:7 (NKJV)

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Clear the way, prepare the way and get out of the way.

Some times we have to go through the foyer of doubt to get to the sanctuary of certainty.

The most spiritual people have moments of doubt.

John was not looking for encouragement he was looking for confirmation

Doubt is a matter of the mind. Unbelief is a matter of will.

Belief is a choice.

Job 1:21-22 (NKJV)

And he said: " Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD." [22] In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.

Matthew 11:4-6 (NKJV)

Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: [5] The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. [6] And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."

Isaiah 35:5 (NKJV)

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

He was the one who pointed people to Christ. That is what made John the greatest of the Old Testament prophets.

1. Jesus refocused John's priorities.

2. Jesus brought John back to the scripture.

Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts.

3. Jesus kept right on with His purpose and asked John to not be stumbled or annoyed.