Results of doubt JOHN 20

A .Doubt results in spiritual uncertainty

Thomas was a ROBUST Doubter.

1.Uncertainty about commitment

Sermon Outlines on Gospel Passages “Unless I See …” (John 20:24–29)

Introduction:

In those days, twins were often a surprise, and they’d give the chosen name to the first; sometimes the second was merely called “the twin,” and that appears to have been so with Thomas.

Maybe it accounts for his generally negative, doubting personality type. He really outdoes himself following the resurrection of Christ.

Genesis 19:17 NLT

17 When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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Luke 9:57–62 NLT

57 As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.” 59 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.” 60 But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.” 61 Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.” 62 But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”

B. There was no way he was going to accept the Resurrection

C. He demanded physical evidence, which he never expected to see.

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2.Uncertainty about God’s power

Thomas was an Honest Skeptic. giant in the land.

Numbers 13:31 NLT

But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”

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3.Uncertainty about God’s love

Job 30:21 NLT

21 You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.

Doubt grows by what it feeds upon

Isaiah 40:27 NLT

O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?

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4.Uncertainty about the meaning of life

Psalm 42:3–4 NLT

3 Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” 4 My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!

Job 3:16 NLT

Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see the light?

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5.Uncertainty about teaching

Ephesians 4:14 NLT

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

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6.Uncertainty about the will of God

Judges 6:17 NLT

Gideon replied, “If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me.

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Judges 6:39 NLT

39 Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”

V.25 Plain as day.

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There was never any question of where he stood

His words are negative but exactly what he felt.

B.Doubt may result in a spiritual decline

1.Doubt may result in drifting from faith

Hebrews 2:1 NLT

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

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2.Doubt may result in faithless action

So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”

14 And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.

Unless I SEE.

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3.Doubt brings the risk of God’s judgment

Numbers 20:12 NLT

But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!”

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3.Doubt leads to ineffectiveness in prayer

Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.

22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it

James 1:6–7 NLT

But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

James 1:6–7 NLT

6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

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“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here

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1.Doubt spreads

Deuteronomy 1:28 NLT

Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!” ’

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2.God’s appeal for a clear decision

1 Kings 18:21 NLT

Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.

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