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To: reasonisfaith
You’ve planted a wolf right in the middle of the flock! God welcomes doubt? This is the oldest trick in the book (not the Bible). Doubt is the opposite of faith. Throughout the Bible we are encouraged to have faith. Not doubt, which is the opposite of faith.

My point is simply that doubt is not anything that God is afraid of. He says more than once, "Come and let us reason together, saith the LORD.". Obviously, He does not expect doubt to REMAIN but that any doubts we have He is more than able to address and dispel. There should be no more doubt since God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him and He WILL be found when we search with all our heart. We ARE human after all and prone to want "proof" for what we base our beliefs upon, but God wants there to be faith first - a step or leap of faith, so to speak - and THEN He will reveal Himself to us. What many people do not realize is that they exhibit faith all the time, in various ways, and that it is not anything with which to be ashamed. It does require that we let go of our pride a bit and open ourselves up to how our Creator chooses to relate to us. Without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God and he that comes to God must believe that He is. So, rather than "planting a wolf in the middle of the flock", as you said, I really wanted to make it clear that doubt is a normal human emotion but not anything God cannot or will not address AND answer. Having doubt is NOT sin, only choosing to REMAIN in doubt after God has made himself known.

149 posted on 07/10/2012 2:24:25 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums

Doubt is the opposite of faith.


152 posted on 07/10/2012 5:08:28 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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