But Some Doubted – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl
What! Excuse me, I mean good morning. ‘What’ is in reference to what I just read. Matthew 28:17 says, “And when they saw him, they worshipped him: BUT SOME DOUBTED.”
What! This was the eleven! But some doubted? Was this a reference to Thomas? This was on a mountain in Galilee, not the upper room in Jerusalem where Jesus met them a second time, and told Thomas to touch the nail prints in His hands, and put his fist into the wound in His side, “and be not faithless, but believing.”
But some doubted. If the apostles who were with Him through all the years of His ministry could doubt, I guess we could doubt also. This is just another tool that the devil has in his little bag of tricks. If the devil can make us doubt, he can ruin our lives. God does not want us to doubt. Where is our faith if we doubt? Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” And also Matthew 13:58, what I always refer to as one of the saddest verses in the Bible: “And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” From these two verses we can already see that when we doubt it is not pleasing to God, and we hinder His work in our lives.
Sometimes discouraging things happen in our lives. These things can cause us to get depressed, discouraged, and doubtful. If we harden our hearts, it’s just as if we blame God for our troubles. Our real problem is the devil. Satan is the one to blame. He is the destroyer of anything and everything that is good. He is after you and me because we are made in the image of his enemy: God. The devil hates us whether we are saved or not. But God loves us more than we could ever imagine, and sent His Son to die on a cross to pay for our sins, the sins of the world. James 1:17 tells us that, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” Do you know what that means? It means that whatever God allows the devil to do, is a good gift, and He will use it for His glory. If you are having money problems, it could be God is teaching you to be a good steward of what He has given you. The death of a loved one. God can use that to show how He can meet your special needs: He can love and comfort you when you are hurting. And God can do these things if we do not doubt.
There are two things we can do for our faith. They come from Romans 10:17: “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
You need to hear the word of God. Read the Bible. Make sure you go to church and Sunday School for the preaching and the teaching. Do the Bible. If you hear the Word of God then you will be doing the Word of God. If you hear and don’t do, the Word of God flows in one ear and out the other.
And here are some verses from the Bible you should know…
Know the truth – John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Know the Holy Spirit – John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Know about the troubles in life – Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Know that you are saved – 1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Peace. (John 13:17)
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