{"id":10324,"date":"2025-02-23T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=10324"},"modified":"2025-02-28T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:31:17","slug":"the-valley-of-doubt","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/the-valley-of-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Valley Of Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him\u2014but some of them doubted!<\/em>   Matthew 28:16-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why We Doubt<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Questions We Can\u2019t Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Encounter Situations That Seem Unfair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Have Unresolved Injury<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Doubts Don\u2019t Disqualify Our Faith<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him\u2014but some of them doubted!<\/em>   Matthew 28:16-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s A Difference Between Faith and Belief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can\u2019t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?<\/em>   James 2:19-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u2014<\/em>    Ephesians 2:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, \u201cWe have seen the Lord!\u201d But he replied, \u201cI won\u2019t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.\u201d<\/em>   John 20:24-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. \u201cPeace be with you,\u201d he said. Then he said to Thomas, \u201cPut your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don\u2019t be faithless any longer. Believe!\u201d\u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d Thomas exclaimed.<\/em>   John 20:26-28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith Isn\u2019t The Absence of Doubt. Faith Is The Thing We Use To Push Through It.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.<\/em>   Psalm 23:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, since we have been made right in God\u2019s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God\u2019s glory.<\/em>   Romans 5:1-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God\u2019s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God\u2019s condemnation.<\/em>   Romans 5:8-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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