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What if we have doubts? - 6/26/2008 11:41:50 PM
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beachcooky
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What if we have doubts? Will God still answer our prayers?
As in, I believe in Jesus. He is my personal Lord and Savior, he's my Best Friend, my Lover.
But there are things that I have doubt in.
For example, grandma and uncle both have cancer (you would know if you read other forums I posted in). And I know that God is capable to heal them, but I have doubts he will.
So, if we have doubts. Will God answer our other prayers or something?
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/27/2008 12:19:22 AM
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Doubts can lead us to a better understanding of God, and his word. Which is why we are instructed:
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. -2Ti 2:15
In the example you gave, you doubt whether God will heal two of your relatives of cancer. I would call this being circumspect. Which we are instructed to be in prayer. However, real doubt would be doubting that God in fact has the power to heal at any time, anyone, if he desires it.
This is the faith that performs miracles:
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -Gal 3:5
For with God nothing shall be impossible. -Luk 1:37
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/27/2008 7:35:32 AM
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If salvation was about us and our ability to obey to gain God's blessings then...few if any would be blessed.
While we strive for perfection and great faith, we often fall short. The worst thing we can do is give up or let our failures get us down.
As for answered prayers, God does what He does. Our part is to have faith in Him and to trust His decisions.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/27/2008 9:26:13 AM
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Doubts are very much a part of Faith - like two sides of the same coin.
When God invited us to love Him He did not want to force our hand in any way. He wanted us to make the decision freely without any coercion on His part. So He allowed doubt to creep in from time to time.
To have doubts allows us to search and learn more about our God, and enables us to love Him better.
Of course, too much doubt can be harmful as it could lead us astray from God - and make the devil laugh in the process.
So we need to control our doubts. We should question our beliefs and learn from those questions once we have found our answers; but not let doubt take the upper hand.
Whether God heals your relatives doesn't depend on your doubts (or lack of them). It doesn't depend on your prayers either. It depends very much on His will. We'll never know why He chooses to heal some people and not heal others. We just have to learn to accept His will.
Prayers are sometimes answered; never underestimate the power of prayers. When, how and why they are answered is not for us to know.
I believe Lord; please help my unbelief.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/27/2008 11:33:36 AM
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Doubts do not stop God.
Mark 9:23-24 (Webster's Bible Translation) 23 Jesus said to him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth. 24 And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/28/2008 2:44:28 PM
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ORIGINAL: mvic
Doubts are very much a part of Faith - like two sides of the same coin.
When God invited us to love Him He did not want to force our hand in any way. He wanted us to make the decision freely without any coercion on His part. So He allowed doubt to creep in from time to time.
To have doubts allows us to search and learn more about our God, and enables us to love Him better.
Of course, too much doubt can be harmful as it could lead us astray from God - and make the devil laugh in the process.
So we need to control our doubts. We should question our beliefs and learn from those questions once we have found our answers; but not let doubt take the upper hand.
Whether God heals your relatives doesn't depend on your doubts (or lack of them). It doesn't depend on your prayers either. It depends very much on His will. We'll never know why He chooses to heal some people and not heal others. We just have to learn to accept His will.
Prayers are sometimes answered; never underestimate the power of prayers. When, how and why they are answered is not for us to know.
I believe Lord; please help my unbelief.
Which is why God doesn't heal amputees.. that would interfere with his need for us to have faith in him.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/28/2008 3:09:38 PM
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I do not have all the answers.
God does ... and I trust Him.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/28/2008 6:23:11 PM
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Having doubts shows that you are actually thinking about what you believe. To accept things as they are without thought or question would not only turn faith into ritualism, it would also stifle understanding. If you question something you believe, the best advice would be to follow that question. The truth will always reveal itself.
The only heed I will give you is not to stop at the question. Many people are drawn away from the faith simply because they have doubts, but fail to test to see what is real for themselves. Don't be afraid of your doubts, and don't stop at the fact that you have doubts. Seek them out, weigh them, test them. In your path of finding the answers, you will not only see what is true, you will have also grown considerably more in faith than if you had just accepted things as they are.
Don't get discouraged by not knowing answers. As mvic pointed out, we aren't meant to know the answers, we are meant to seek them (seek and you will find). If you doubt that God exists, then seek out that question. To know the answers without having found the answer yourself, then you have missed out on the knowledge gained by seeking the question. In our paths in life we are called to grow closer to God. If we already know the answers, then what motivates us to move further? Seeking out questions is the movement we need to keep us walking our paths.
Don't be scared that the path will lead you astray. As long as you seek with your heart, you will always circle around to the truth. If God is the ultimate truth, it doesn't matter what path we go down in proving or disproving Him, He will always emerge as true. In other words, if 2 + 2 = 4 but you doubt it's truth, then seek out the answer. Not only will you find that 2 +2 = 4 is the ultimate truth, you will also understand addition.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/28/2008 11:33:09 PM
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Which is why God doesn't heal amputees.. that would interfere with his need for us to have faith in him.
He does not need our faith, he values it. It's possible that one day soon a case of amputee healing will come into popular attention. I doubt it will change any anti-theists minds. Christ was able to perform it:
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, "Suffer ye thus far". And he touched his ear, and healed him. -Luke 22:50-51
It is very rare needless to say, (like walking on water) but I have now heard two 2nd hand accounts of it occurring in the mission field. In regions without medical facilities. However, this is an act of creation and a very special occurrence. Something even anti-theists believe only occurred with DNA (which is never created, only copied) under special conditions that do not exist on Earth anymore.
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RE: What if we have doubts? - 6/29/2008 12:01:11 AM
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PrexicKehdaki
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ORIGINAL: Gazingstock
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Which is why God doesn't heal amputees.. that would interfere with his need for us to have faith in him.
He does not need our faith, he values it. It's possible that one day soon a case of amputee healing will come into popular attention. I doubt it will change any anti-theists minds. Christ was able to perform it:
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, "Suffer ye thus far". And he touched his ear, and healed him. -Luke 22:50-51
It is very rare needless to say, (like walking on water) but I have now heard two 2nd hand accounts of it occurring in the mission field. In regions without medical facilities. However, this is an act of creation and a very special occurrence. Something even anti-theists believe only occurred with DNA (which is never created, only copied) under special conditions that do not exist on Earth anymore.
Sure, anything's possible... and if it happens with no natural explanation, I may be inclined to reference something supernatural.
And you really don't need to PM me every time you reply to me on the threads.
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