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Spirituality - Conflict our need to make sense of things in the world.
Yet, if we have dissolved the existence of truth by a belief in Postmodernism we must make up our own truth.
We are now at the “human potential” spiritual movement if we are not careful.
We become a “seeker” At best a seeker then looks for a church (Church shopping) that fulfills their personal needs and not a spiritual truth base need.
2 Timothy 4:2
Can someone who has doubt be in the presence of God?
doubt brings to mind wavering back and forth, indecision.
Isaiah
But is doubt meaning you are lost and can’t be in the presence of God?
Does Doubt = Unbelief?
Look at culture and we see where doubt comes from.
Belief in yourself to solve problems, (But how low self-esteem)> What others think of us (our worth is tied up in other peoples opinion)> Isolation (Our realty is our truth and that truth can change for another person)
Post-modernism - From looking at history and truth fact base to looking forward and placed faith in ourselves to solve the world’s problems.
Going from a factual based foundation to relative truth foundation.
From looking at history and truth fact base to looking forward and placed faith in ourselves to solve the world’s problems.
agnostic and non-believers challenge us and our beliefs.
Exclusivity of Christianity - Only one way when most all other religions teach a combo approach (not really).
Lack of tolerance and acceptance - goes against love thy neighbor
They will pit faith against reason - today culture is more about how you feel, about your emotions.
What about the Church?
Does it bare any responsibility for believers and having doubt?
Past believers have done nothing to help this dilemma
Have you every heard a pastor or evangelist say, if you are 99% sure then you are 100% lost.
The math adds up here by saying there can be no doubt.
pretty much says the same thing.
The gospel cannot be subscribed to half-heartedly or in part; it must be either accepted or rejected.
Been a many of worship services where the Holy Spirit was working, emotions were high but that doesn’t mean I was lost - Just means the Holy Spirit was and is working on me & us.
There is a difference of being lost and being worked on.
We are not to inherit a faith - it can’t be our parents or grandparents faith.
We have to have our own relationship with God.
We have to seek Him, we have to have our own experiences with God.
Absolutely not.
Depends on your heart.
Look at Jesus own words.
Matthew 17:
This is not to a lost generation, this is to the disciples.
Jesus, along with Peter, James and John are returning from the mountain where they just witnessed the transfiguration.
a father had brought his son (demon possessed) to the disciples to be healed and they could not do it.
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Does this mean they were lost no but it does mean the work in them (their growth in faith) was not complete.
Another verse that comes to me is in
Peter was not lost just the work in him is not complete.
1 Corinthians
Paul is an excellent debater.
He is full of and stood in reason.
Jesus said that we had to have faith like a child.
But children test those limits that are given at some point in their lives (back to its not our parents faith).
These children have to experience God in their own life.
At that point their faith begins to mature, but their view and acceptance of evil is to be as children, accept that it is bad and stay away.
An example of reasoned faith is Paul in Acts Chapter 26 when he is in front of Agrippa
Acts 26:2
Acts
Paul used the prophecies of the Old Testament and then the fulfillment.
Another
1 Corinthians
This is a reasoned faith approach for our belief.
We don’t go blindly.
Doubt in Scripture can be seen to be characteristic of both believers and unbelievers.
In believers it is usually a weakness of faith, a wavering in the face of God’s promises.
In the unbeliever doubt is virtually synonymous with unbelief.
Scripture, as would be expected, does not look at doubt philosophically or epistemologically.
Doubt is viewed practically and spiritually as it relates to our trust in the Lord.
For this reason, doubt is not deemed as valuable or commendable.
Should we be attacking people when or if they come to us.
Not if you want to remain Biblical.
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