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Have you ever had a time when it felt like you had unwavering faith and belief?
Have you ever been in such a dark place in your life that all you could see is doubt?
The calling on John the Baptist life was to prepare the way for the coming Messiah.
John must have had a level 10 faith and belief at that moment.
John was already courageous now it was hyperbolic.
Then life's circumstances entered in.
Have you been there?
You are on cloud 9 with the Lord then.
Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
Was John doubting the very one that he was called to prepare the way for?
It must have been difficult for this man, accustomed to a wilderness life, to be confined in a prison.
The physical and emotional strain were no doubt great, and the long days of waiting did not make it easier.
It seemed Jesus was doing nothing to help him.
Proclaim freedom for the prisoners - Hey Jesus what about me?
If He came to set the prisoners free (Luke 4:18), then John the Baptist was a candidate!
It is not unusual for even great spiritual leaders to have their days of doubt and uncertainty.
Moses was ready to quit on one occasion.
If this is how you are going to treat me, please kill me
Even Paul knew the meaning of despair 2 Cor.
1:8
We despaired of life itself
There is a difference between doubt and unbelief.
Doubt is a matter of the mind.
We cannot understand what God is doing or why He is doing it.
Unbelief is a matter of the will.
We refuse to believe God’s Word and obey what He tells us to do.
In John’s case, his inquiry was not born of willful unbelief, but of doubt nourished by physical and emotional strain.
“Doubt is not always a sign that a man is wrong; it may be a sign that he is thinking.”―
Oswald Chambers
John - I need to know.
Vs. 21: Quoted from Isaiah 35:5, 6; 61:1.
These were messianic promises.
John’s disciples were to report that Jesus was doing precisely what Scripture foretold of the Messiah —even though the grand plan of prophetic fulfillment was not unfolding quite the way John the Baptist had envisioned it.
When John’s disciples returned with the answer.
How do you think he reacted?
Do you think his doubt subsided and he returned to being courageous again?
God can handle our doubts, and he welcomes our questions.
The people heard Johns doubting questions.
How did the courageous John become the doubting John?
Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John - Put him on blast?
Vs. 28: I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John
On Johns worst day, Jesus speaks the best about John.
And it is the same with us.
Besides the day of Crucifixion what was Jesus worst day? - The Garden?
If it is possible, may this cup be taken from me.
If it is possible, may this cup be taken from me.
prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
Our worst day with Jesus will be better than our best day without Him.
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