HOW CAN I OVERCOME MY DOUBTS?
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“How long has this been happening?” Jesus asked the boy’s father. He replied, “Since he was a little boy. The spirit often throws him into the fire or into water, trying to kill him. Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.” Mark 9:21-22
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“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” Mark 9:23
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Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, ‘I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief.’ Mark 9:24
apistia (ap-is-tee’-ah) – not fully persuaded.
…the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:6
Rejecting Doubt, Receiving Faith
One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t 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.” John 20:24-25
- Get together with other
Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. John 20:26a
The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!” John 20:26b-27
- See
“My Lord and my God!” John 20:28
Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’ John 20:29