Some Doubted

SOME (Disciples) DOUBTED - Sermon

By God’s Holy Spirit.

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

In early 2016 Usain St. Leo Bolt from the island of Jamaica, the greatest sprinter of all times sat down with a BBC sportscaster to be interviewed. When she asked him if he was going lose his first race at the Oplympics. He got up and left the interview without answering the lady,

He had already done it all. He had shattered the world records done by American Tyson Gay, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Justin Gatlin and his compatriot Asafa Powell. In fact, Usain Bolt had broken the world records he had set in the 100 and 200 meters races 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

But the factors facing the world champion and world record holder were immensely different leading up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janero, Brazil.

Firstly, Justin Gatlin won every race he ran over the year beating everyone and in extremely good competitive times. Secondly, he was injured at the end of the previous season which caused a very late start to his training and the world thought that he could not be ready in time for the Olympics.

In the trails for selection to the Jamaican team Bolt’s protegee, Yohan Blake beat him in the 100m final. The world stood up as this story blazed in the newspapers all over the world. In an interview after the race he said it was because of the injury but while he was injured it was just the 100m and although he was the Olympic and world record holder his pet event was the 200m in which he cannot and would not get beaten.

Can you imagine the world’s reaction when Yohan Blake again beat him in the 200m final the following evening? Now the relevance of the BBC’s sportscaster question seems reasonable. After the Olympics, Bolt explained why he abandoned that interview. He was not entertaining any doubt on his ability or capacity to win when it matters most and he would not lose there.

WHAT IS DOUBT?

Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory opinions. Unable to choose anyone of them.

On a mental level involves reasoning, examination of facts and evidence

Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief, even unbelief. It may involve uncertainty, distrust or lack of conviction on certain facts, actions, motives, or decisions. Doubt can result in delaying or rejecting relevant action. Meaning lack of action.

Do you understand why Jesus evicted the mouners and even many of His disciples. This story began in . It was interrupted by the lady with the issue of blood for twelve years, This woman (this church) wasn’t in doubt who Jesus is! She touched Him with her faith and her prayers, This led to touching Him with her hands signifying her works. He declare that the church’s faith has made her whole because her works followed her faith.

But, Our story restarted after this as verse 35 where the high official greeted the man with the death of his daughter, telling him not to bother Jesus anymore

Jesus heard the conversation and spoke to the father saying “Be not afraid, only believe.”

In it say that the priest and the that he came there and saw laughed at Him when He told the mourners Jairus that his daughter was only asleep. Signs of doubt and disbelief. They doubted,

So he had to put them out. A double minded person cannot get an answered prayer. Many of His disciples were left outside too. Mark said only Peter, James and John He took with Him inside and this is the crux of the matter facing us as members of the church today. There is no unity in the faith because “Some are Doubting” and the work of the church is the work of Jesus through His Holy Spirit.

So he had to put them out. A double minded person cannot get an answered prayer. Many of His disciples were left outside too. Mark said only Peter, James and John He took with Him inside. Only the faithful.

Only the tried, the tested and the proven are allow into the courts, into the MOST HOLY PLACE and this is the crux of the matter facing us as members of the church today.

For I am fully persuaded that He is able to perform what He has promised. So while some are doubting, I need faith.

Faithfulness is lacking. There is no unity in the faith because “Some are Doubting”, Remember, the work of the church is the work of Jesus who is now interceding for us and His church which He has purchased with His own blood.

Doubt impacts the Church and then the rest of society

Have you never heard the saying, “as the family goes so goes the church and as the church goes so goes the nation”

He is in the heavenly sanctuary ministering to us through His Holy Spirit. Trimming the lamps that we may have light and replenishing the OIL that we will have the greater measure of His Holy Spirit to enable us to do this work with power and His authority

For I Colin Dawson am fully persuaded that He is able to perform what He has promised. As He told us, Asked and it shall be given, Knock and it shall be open, for the fervent effectual prayers of a righteous man availeth much. So while some are doubting, I need faith.

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Even now on this pulpit I am asking for faith and I am asking for souls to be born through this ministry. Remember , He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above anything we can think or imagine.

The Background of Many Trials.--The sad trials, which prove so dangerous to the prosperity of a church, and which cause the unbelieving to stumble and turn away with doubt and dissatisfaction, usually arise from an unsubdued and rebellious spirit.”

Disobedience is worst than witchcraft and it is caused by doubt.

Doubt impacts the Church and then the rest of Society

Have you never heard the saying, “as the family goes so goes the church and as the church goes so goes the nation”

Societally, doubt creates an atmosphere of distrust, being accusatory in nature. Alleging either foolishness or deceit on the part of promoter of faith or action. Such a stance has been fostered in Western society, in opposition to authority.

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Note this word AUTHORITY very much because we have to confront it so we will be returning to it to do so

So while the Bible does not admonish you to put me out like the professional mourners and baby Christians who had not yet graduated in Faith, so they are called disciples not yet apostles. They are not yet graduated. They are not yet sent.

The Background of Many Trials.--The sad trials, which prove so dangerous to the prosperity of a church, and which cause the unbelieving to stumble and turn away with doubt and dissatisfaction, usually arise from an unsubdued and rebellious spirit.”

Disobedience is worst than witchcraft and it is caused by doubt.

They are not called into the inner sanctum because it require unshakable, undoubtable, unquestionable faith.

Do we have such faith in our congregation here today” Had this faith not been alive and functional, Victory SDA would not be existing today. Remember faith is perfected in works. So lets go and perfect our faith and finish the work so we can all go home.

In the Society, doubt creates an atmosphere of distrust, being accusatory in nature. Alleging either foolishness or deceit on the part of promoter of faith or action. Such a stance has been fostered in Western society, in opposition to authority. Even the authority of Jesus Christ

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

The song writer wrote, “My heart has no desire to stay,

Where doubts arise and fears dismay;

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

They do not believe in Jesus nor want Him. He describes them as the UNJUST JUDGES. But all AUTHORITY has be given to HIM. However, they will only know Him through us.

Thought some may dwell where these are found,

My prayer, my aim is higher ground.

The Bible does not admonishes you to put me out like the professional mourners and baby Christians who were with Jesus at Jairus’ home. These who had not yet graduated in Faith, so they are called disciples not yet apostles. So they are not yet sent.

They are only called. They could not be sent because they had Doubts. They represented many Christians today, Do they represent you and I?

In order for us to be fit for higher ground; in order for us to be fit for heaven, DOUBT has to be surrendered and removed to be replaced by FAITH. “For by Grace you have been saved through FAITH.”

So your actions and your works testifies that Faith exist among us but not the measure of FAITH to testify that God’s Holy Spirit is working through us, only enough to help us to mature in Christ. Which shows that God’s Holy Spirit is working IN us to perfect the fruit of the Spirit.

However most of them were not called into the inner sanctum because it require unshakable, undoubtable, unquestionable faith.

So we come to church and we pray and we do operate as Christians on some level. But doubt exist because the passage says ‘SOME DOUBTED” The story is told of a farming community

Do we have such faith in our congregation here today” Had this faith not been alive and functional, Victory SDA would not be existing today. Remember faith is perfected in works. So lets go and perfect our faith and finish the work so we can all go home.

To perfect our Faith we must work the work of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light

Let’s visit the text.

The text in the book of , It says that the eleven disciples (us church folks, us Seventh-day Adventists). The text continued, “We met Him in the He had appointed before His death. We bowed down and worshipped Him. Prostrated themselves to the alpha and the omega, the firstborn from the dead, the resurrection and the life, whom to know is life eternal. He who was alive and was dead and now alive forevermore. YET SOME OF US DOUBTED

The song writer wrote, “My heart has no desire to stay,

Where doubts arise and fears dismay;

Now you understand how Usain Bolt felt. It broke Jesus’ his heart.

Thought some may dwell where these are found,

Yet, it is not just us who doubted Jesus. John the Baptist also doubted. records that while John was in prison, he couldn’t understand why if the “Lamb that taketh away the sins of the world” whom he was the forerunner for, would allow him to languish in prison. Verse 2 tells us that he sent two of his disciples to Jesus to ask Him, “ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? Or should we look for another?” Art thou the one?Art thou that prophet?

My prayer, my aim is higher ground.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Our DOUBT and FEARS have to be surrendered and removed, then replaced by FAITH to gain this higher ground “For it is by Grace you have been saved through FAITH.” So FAITH must work it’s perfect work in us

The very same testimony of Jesus is heard week after week by us today. John’s disciples came at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The meeting in Galilee came after the after the resurrection. Our mission come 2000 years after these thing have happened. Yet some of us doubted

Our actions and your works testifies that Faith exist among us. But not the measure of FAITH to testify that God’s Holy Spirit is working through us. Do we only have enough FAITH to help us to mature in Christ. Which shows that God’s Holy Spirit is working IN us to perfect the fruit of the Spirit.

Doubt sometimes tends to call on reason. Doubt may encourage people to hesitate before acting, and/or to apply more rigorous methods than necessary.

So we come to church and we pray and we do operate as Christians on some level.

Gods Holy now needs to work through us. But doubt exist because the passage says ‘SOME DOUBTED” Sadly some of His own disciples. Is it Lord

Politics, and law, with decisions that often determine the course of an individual life, place great importance on doubt, and often foster elaborate adversarial processes to carefully sort through all available evidence.

After The wedding at Cana – turning water into wine

Story is told of a farming community that was facing severe drought.

Leper healed . . . . . . .

Let’s visit the text.

The centurion servant . . . . . .

The text in the book of , It says that the eleven disciples (us church folks, us Seventh-day Adventists). The text continued, “We met Him in the mountain He had appointed before His death (.32

Simon’s mother-in-law healed . . . .

We bowed down and worshipped Him. Prostrated themselves to the alpha and the omega, the firstborn from the dead, the resurrection and the life, whom to know is life eternal. He who was alive and was dead and now alive forevermore. YET SOME OF US DOUBTED

Still the Storm (even the wind and the waves obeyed)

Now you understand how Usain Bolt felt. It broke Jesus’ his heart.

Jairus daughter and the woman with the issue of blood

Yet, it is not just us who doubted Jesus. Sara doubted Jesus and sent Abraham in to her maid Hagar.

Giddeon Doubted Jesus. He FLEECED. (36-40).

Healing the paralytic (palsy) . . . . .

The blind man and the demoniac . . . .

John the Baptist also doubted. records that while John was in prison, he couldn’t understand why if the “Lamb that taketh away the sins of the world” to whom he was the forerunner, would allow him to languish in prison.

Verse 2 tells us that he sent two of his disciples to Jesus to ask Him, “ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? Or should we look for another?” Art thou the one? Art thou that prophet?

Feeding the five thousand - (5000) . . .

Walking on water . . . . . .

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Feeding four thousand - 4000 . . . .

THE TRANSFIGURATION . . . . .

Tell them. Go tell them what you have seen and heard.

The FISH caught with the tribute money . .

The very same testimony of Jesus is heard week after week by us today. John’s disciples came at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The meeting in Galilee came after the after the resurrection. Our mission come 2000 years after these thing have happened. Yet some of us today, have doubts too

Road to Emmaus . . . . . .

Doubt sometimes tends to call on reason. Doubt may encourage people to hesitate before acting, and/or to apply more rigorous methods than is necessary.

Appeared to the eleven (Curse their unbelief .

In Politics, and law, many decisions that often determine the course of an individuals life, great importance is placed on doubt. This often foster’s an elaborate adversarial processes to carefully sort through all available evidence.

Most criminal cases within an adversarial court system require that the prosecution proves its case beyond a reasonable doubt — a doctrine also called the "burden of proof". This means that the State must present propositions which preclude "reasonable doubt" in the mind of a reasonable person as to the guilt of defendant

Then the Crowning Act. One week later He appeared to THOMAS. Where He declared “Blessed is he who have not seen yet believe”

At this point Jesus now confirmed that more studying will not help us. We are the Laodesian church, the SDA Church we have need for nothing. We know the scriptures. So more scripture will not help us. Not even more prayers will help us.

After The wedding at Cana – turning water into wine

But He came to save us and will not repent. He will not give up. He has never lost a fight.

Leper healed . . . . . . .

When Usain Bolt was leaving Rio de Janeiro at the end of summer 2016 with the three gold medals that he came for, a different sportscaster interviewing him asking why he did not answered the interviewer on that occasion. He answered that he had done it all so he would not entertain any doubt about his ability or capacity to win when it matters most.

The centurion servant . . . . . .

Jesus is the undisputed, undefeated champion of righteousness. He has done far more that Bolt or any other person. He has created us and will save us at the cost of dying for us. God who cannot die, dying for us. Wrap your minds around that.

Simon’s mother-in-law healed . . . .

Still the Storm (even the wind and the waves obeyed)

Most criminal cases within an adversarial system require that the prosecution proves its contentions beyond a reasonable doubt — a doctrine also called the "burden of proof". This means that the State must present propositions which preclude "reasonable doubt" in the mind of a reasonable person as to the guilt of defendant.

Jairus daughter and the woman with the issue of blood

In this Jesus is saying that He is guilty before Heaven and earth that He will and has died for you. He will do every thing in His powers to save us

Jesus is saying the same thing to us today. The words that I have spoken I will not alter. :11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Healing the paralytic (palsy) . . . . .

The blind man and the demoniac . . . .

And in that heartbroken state you can feel His brokenness in What could have been done more to my, that I have not done in it?

Feeding the five thousand - (5000) . . .

This is when He then gave the great commission. In doing the work that Jesus did, helping to save soul, being fishers of men, witnesses for Jesus our doubts would be removed, our faith would have been perfected, our salvation would be secured and our election sure.

Walking on water . . . . . .

So the Great Commission is not so much to save other soul. It is a master strategy of the Master crying what more can I do. It is a master strategy of the Master for you to Help to save your soul.

Feeding four thousand - 4000 . . . .

Jesus declared through the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 33-8 “When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Evangelism, witnessing, soul-winning is Jesus’ only remaining hope of saving OUR souls. “Jesus save me” was Peter’s cry. Your salvation is in your own hands. Go He therefore. . . . And save your own souls

THE TRANSFIGURATION . . . . .

The FISH caught with the tribute money . .

Road to Emmaus . . . . . (27)

Raising Lazarus . . . . . John 11:1-44

Appeared to the eleven (Curse their unbelief .

Then the Crowning Act. One week later He appeared to THOMAS. Where He declared “Blessed is he who have not seen yet believe”

Thomas declared his FAITH there and then. The other doubters who were there said nothing. However, Jesus knew the hearts of men.

At this point Jesus now confirmed that more studying will not help us. We are the Remnant church, the SDA Church, the Laodecian Church.

We who are neither cold not hot. We who think we are rich. We who increase with goods and have need for nothing.

We who doesn’t know that we are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

We who tell the evangelist and the bible worker that we will Pray and we will Pay but You GO.

We know the scriptures. So more scripture will not help us. Not even more prayers will help us. The prayer of FAITH need the work to make it work (repeat

So with a broken heart he instructed, What more could He have done. Go ye therefore. Go do some work. Go build your FAITH. Go win salvation for yourselves and others.

Jesus came to save us and will not repent. Nor will He gives up. He has never lost a fight.

Jesus is saying the same thing to us today. The words that I have spoken I will not alter. :11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

When Usain Bolt was leaving Rio de Janeiro at the end of summer 2016 with the three gold medals that he came for, a different sportscaster interviewing him asking why he did not answered the interviewer on that occasion. He answered that he had done it all so he would not entertain any doubt about his ability or capacity to win when it matters most.

Jesus is the undisputed, undefeated champion of righteousness. He has done far more that Bolt or any other person. He has created us and will save us at the cost of dying for us. God who cannot die, dying for us. Wrap your minds around that.

In this the Captain of our salvation manifest His guilt before Heaven and earth that He will and has died for you. He will do every thing in His powers to save us

And in that heartbroken state you can feel His brokenness in What could have been done more to my, that I have not done in it?

This is when He then gave the great commission. Matt 28_19 & 2o That In doing the work that Jesus did, helping to save soul, being fishers of men, witnesses for Jesus, our doubts would be removed, our faith would have been perfected, our salvation would be secured and our election made sure.

So the Great Commission is not so much to save other soul. It is a master strategy of the Master crying what more can I do. It is a master strategy of the Master for you, to Help to save your soul.

Jesus declared through the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 33-8 “When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Evangelism, witnessing, soul-winning is Jesus’ only remaining hope of saving OUR souls. “Jesus save me” was Peter’s cry. Your salvation is in your own hands. Go He therefore. . . . And save your own souls