Doubters

Examples of those doubting their effectiveness to serve God

Moses

Exodus 3:11 LEB

But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out from Egypt?”

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Gideon

Judges 6:15 LEB

He said to him, “Excuse me, my lord. How will I deliver Israel? Look, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

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Elijah

1 Kings 19:3–4 LEB

Then he became afraid, got up, and fled for his life. He came to Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went into the wilderness one day’s journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then he asked Yahweh that he might die, and he said, “It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”

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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1:6 LEB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”

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Those temporarily doubting God’s promises

Genesis 15:8 LEB

And he said, “O Yahweh God, how shall I know that I will possess it?”

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Those doubting God’s power

Abraham and Isaac doubt God’s protection

Fearing for his safety, Abraham resorts to deception.

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Moses and Israel in the desert

Exodus 5:22–23 LEB

And Moses returned to Yahweh and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble to this people? Why ever did you send me? And from the time I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble to this people, and you have certainly not delivered your people.”

See also The Israelites doubt God’s protection at the Red Sea; Moses doubts God’s provision of food; The ten spies doubt God’s power to give victory in Canaan; Moses strikes the rock twice.

Others doubting God’s deliverance

The people of Israel are dismayed by the challenge from Goliath; King Ahaz, afraid of the coalition of Syria and Israel turns to Assyria for help; Peter, walking on water, is afraid and begins to sink; The early church does not believe that God has released Peter from prison.

Believers questioning God

Questioning God’s actions

Judges 6:13 LEB

Gideon said to him, “Excuse me, my lord. If Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has forsaken us; he has given us into the palm of Midian.”

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Questioning God’s commands

Samuel; Elisha’s servant; Ahaz

Jesus Christ’s disciples:

Mark 6:37 LEB

But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Should we go and purchase bread for two hundred denarii and give it to them to eat?”

Martha; Ananias

Believers with doubts about Jesus Christ

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