Do you ever have doubts?

Question

Do you ever have doubts about your faith?

Why should/shouldn't we question our fath?

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Moses have questions for God?

As for me, I must admit that I have doubts sometimes. I know that some of us here are quick to equate doubt with sin; however, pretending to not have any doubts is a sin as well, right? If you have ever been faced with this dilemma, how did you confront it?

In my humble opinion, I believe that if we scrutinize our faith, then we grow spiritually, but if we have an unquestioning faith, then we don't grow spiritually. What do you think?

Be candid!

Answer 1

You've hit on something about these ponderings of yours. Personally, I think God didn't create the human brain for nothing. I believe in glorifying God through wisdom, intelligence and smartness. He is, after all, all these things. I don't think He would be that selfish as to give us minds, and then forbid us to use it to the utmost potential.

That said, I believe that wisdom, intelligence and logic are all needed for faith to work. There are a lot of things/situations in this earth that we take for granted that we don't even stop to realize what is wrong. Once you think outside this frame, it becomes clear why and how God works His way. In this kind of mind-frame, faith works best.

One other ingredient for faith to work: humility.

Answer 2

job: A Christian, who is spiritually growing, will have questions about his or her own faith at times. I have done so, and the anxiety created, caused me to research deeply into the things I believe in. Also, I learned to become more open-minded. I, now, can most assuredly claim that my belief system is founded on solid ground. I have scientific EVIDENCE of a Creator and a deeper understanding of the Biblical scriptures. I can say that I am more grounded - better now, than I was a year ago. I found that no one alive - ever, has all the answers for all the questions ... but an answer exists for the questions we need to ask. God does not give a detailed explanation for every facet on every aspect of life but only those I need for my continued relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

Your sort of right both ways, we should always be improving our relashonship with God and evaluating the current events, but TRUST is key, and mentioned several times in the bible.

If hardships cause you to question you faith, remember that all thing work for the greater good in Gods eyes not mans, example: You may be put in a situation that seems bad to you, but what happens when you overcome it? Are you not stronger? And can you not relate and help others who are in that situation, not only with wisdom but simpathy?

We are tools for Gods will on earth and his Glory, remember this, ALL good tools MUST be refined in fire to be usefull.
How can you relate, be simpitehetic, inderstanding or even grow spiritually without trials?


Whenin doubt, seek the lord, read the book left for you, just pray about a trouble and open it anywere you would be amazed how effective that has been for me, no bookmarks just interaction.

Answer 4

Be careful. You are showing signs of developing an open mind and that will earn you the atheist label in very short order.
It is always right to doubt belief without knowledge. If this didn't happen we would all still be living in 12th century societies without hope of change. Believing the status quo as being the only choice is the easiest way to make sure that it is the only choice.

Answer 5

Do I have doubts? Every day.

Do I question my faith (the Greek word means faith/believing)? Again every day.

Moses may had questions for God, but Moses never documented them.

Doubt is not sin, so I never confront this.

Do I scrutinize faith? No. Faith is by the grace of God. It is not something that can be analyzed. You either have it or you don't.

Answer 6

Yes , I do have doubts at times and personally, I think its healthy.. It gives me the oppurtunity to explore my questions and to seek the knowledge to answer the questions..
Jesus said, "SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND,KNOCK AND THE DOOR SHALL BE OPENED" I believe that GOD does want us to have questions because essentially what it does, is strengthen our faith..

Your right .. If you pretend all is well, that to me is a sin in itself..

When I doubt, I research and pray for GOD to guide me in the right direction.. Doubt to me , is satan's way of confusing us. I accept that about satan because well thats what he wants. BUT, I do not allow myself to stay in doubt..I do something about it..

If we do not question things , we do not grow..If we do not grow as Christians , then what do we have .. Nothing .
So many Christians believe that if they doubt , GOD will punish them or whatever .. I do not believe that . To grow in GOD's strength , we should ask questions and calm our doubts.

Excellent Questions by the way... Hope my answer helped :)

Answer 7

Of course I do. I've taught in Christian schools, and one of the things I used to do during chapel days was to have everyone who was Christian stand. I then asked everyone who never doubted to sit down. Very few ever did.

Faith is the certainty of things unseen. If you don't doubt that, if you don't question your faith from time to time, then your faith is the faith of a child, and it will not stand up when it's tested.

Answer 8

I dont know if this will help you.
"Doubt is so lonely to know that faith is its twin brother"..

Answer 9

yes..but they are against my will..satan sees me being on the right path...which is the way of Jesus....and He tries to put blasphemy in my head in many forms...one common one being that Jesus is damian...the son of satan sent here to deceive many humans..that ALL denominations , catholics, evangelicals, baptists etc is all a trick of the devil...that i shudnt believe in Jesus...all slanderous filth tho right? satan hates us so much that is makes him very creative with ways to trick us

Answer 10

It is satan who tells us of doubt, Satan tempted Jesus saying, [Matt. 4:3] "IF" you are the son of God...doubt is of the devil, yes we all are tempted to doubt that is no sin, "ITS WHAT YOU DO WITH IT that is or is not sin, learn more free bible lessons www.itiswritten.com bible questions www.bibleinfo.com talk to me also [e-mail]