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Defeating Doubt

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Defeating Doubt

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    1. Defeating Doubt

    2. Luke 7:18-23

    3. Questions for Discussion Is doubting sin? in other words… When a Christian doubts, is that sin? Why or why not?

    4. Questions for Discussion Is doubting a sign of spiritual immaturity? Why or why not? in other words… If you struggle with doubt, is that because you are spiritually immature?

    5. Questions for Discussion What lessons do we learn about doubt from Luke 7:18-23?

    6. Answers Is doubt sin? No - Jesus' response to and praise of John (v22-28)

    7. Answers Is doubt sin? No - Jesus' response to and praise of John (v22-28) Is doubt a sign of immaturity? Not necessarily - Moses, David, Elijah, John the Baptist, the apostles

    8. You might struggle with doubt if you encounter… Unmet expectations Luke 3:16-17 Suffering Luke 3:19-20 Intellectual challenges to your faith Hypocrisy in the church or in individual believers A crossroads in life Major sin in your own life

    9. Answers Doubt is not necessarily sin Doubt is not necessarily a sign of immaturity Doubt is not shameful

    10. Big Idea Doubt can grow our faith if we respond to it rightly “Although we cannot control doubt, which often creeps up on us uninvited, we can learn to channel it in ways that make doubt more likely to be nourishing than toxic.”

    11. DON'T… Fear Ignore Excuse sin Isolate Responding to Doubt

    12. Responding to Doubt Psalm 42:9-10 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

    13. DON'T… Fear Ignore Excuse sin Isolate Responding to Doubt

    14. Responding to Doubt Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.

    15. DON'T… Fear Ignore Excuse sin Isolate Responding to Doubt

    16. Responding to Doubt Psalm 42:9-11 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

    17. DON'T… Fear Ignore Excuse sin Isolate Responding to Doubt

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