I find it interesting that we sometimes begin to doubt things that we already know to be true. I mean these are things that we have locked down. The things that are certain and there’s no room for opinion. They just are what they are.
When we have reason to question some of the things we believe, then it is prudent to examine the evidence and see if it still leads you to the same conclusions. But sometimes we can become so skeptical that we begin to question everything. There’s such a thing as a healthy skepticism. But then there’s skepticism that’s run amok. Some things we believe because others have told us. And that’s fine as long as the evidence leads us to the same conclusions. On other things we come to our own conclusions. We just look at things and decide what makes sense in the end.
Sometimes things can come along that would make us doubt, or try to make us doubt the things we decided are true long ago. You might be thinking that sometimes that can be a wise thing. Sometimes we need to question something that people have just told us and we believed without any proof. I understand that. We can’t just believe what anyone tells us. We test things to see that they are true. But once we’ve done that, we can’t let some element of doubt to come in to cause us to question the foundation of what we believe.
You might say, “But what if the evidence presented is compelling and brings in some legitimate doubts about what I believe?” Well, that’s a good point. But let me ask you this, “Did the evidence ever lead you to any different conclusions, or did it only cause you to doubt what you already believe?” See, what I’ve found is that doubt never leads you to a different conclusion. Doubt doesn’t have to prove anything to you. All doubt has to do is get you to question the truth. It doesn’t have to show you anything is true. See, doubt has a really easy job. Just introduce a question mark into any situation that presents truth. How hard is that?
Another thing you’ll find is that doubt is a great time-waster. You might end up going down an endless number of rabbit trails. None of which leads you to any conclusion. So, then what’s this doing? While you are spending your time on multiple falsehoods, it’s distracting you from spending time on the truth. That’s all doubt does. That’s all doubt ever has to do.
See, that’s why it’s important we pay attention to see if we’re being presented with a legitimate question or if it’s just a question mark to get us to doubt. We can usually tell by recognizing its characteristics. A person can be presented with a number of questions about anything. But do any of those questions lead anywhere, or are they just multiple dead ends?
You can take any place I used the word ‘doubt’ in the first part of this post and place the word ‘devil’ in there just as easily. The devil is a master deceiver. But that’s all he really has to do. He doesn’t have to lead us to any conclusion. He just has to get us to doubt the truth. That’s why it’s so important for us to hold on to truth.
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AV 1 Thessalonians 5:21: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” See, this verse does tell us to test things. But it also tells us to hold on tight to the things we know to be true. That’s why it’s so important to have the things we know locked down. When we don’t hold strongly to the things that we know, it leaves room for error to sneak its way into our lives.
AV Mark 11:23: “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” Jesus told us the importance of our faith. And in order for that faith to be effective we have to get rid of doubt. See, that is an important element of faith. We can’t have doubt mixed with it because they are opposite to each other. So, it’s faith with the doubt removed.
AV Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” We need to trust in the Lord. We trust in Him and we don’t lean to our own understanding. Sometimes leaning to our own understanding can lead us to doubt. But when we trust that He knows what He’s doing He will direct us and lead us in the way we should go. And that’s why we need to be so careful in not allowing doubt into our lives.
AV Genesis 3:1: “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”
AV 1 Thessalonians 5:21: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
AV Mark 11:23: “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”
AV Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”