Is it OK to Doubt God? | New Testament | Matthew 11

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🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Should you keep your doubts to yourself? How should you talk about doubt? Is it normal to doubt God? In today's episode, Keith uses Matthew 11 to discuss the role that doubt plays in the Christian faith. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in 2023. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Matthew 11

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work, I'm Keith Simon.
0:16.0	Okay, I got a quiz for you. True or false. Strong Christians never have doubts about God in their faith.
0:20.0	Mature Christians are 100% certain, 100% confident.
0:24.7	What's your answer? True or false?
0:26.7	Well, the answer is false.
0:28.3	The truth is that if you have doubts, that makes you, now wait for it,
0:32.0	that makes you normal. Jesus's mother Mary had doubts.
0:36.4	Thomas is called doubting Thomas for obvious reasons. The Prophet
0:40.7	Elijah doubted, Job, Abraham, Sarah, they all doubted.
0:44.3	It's hard to find people in the Bible who didn't have doubts.
0:47.2	After Jesus was resurrected, he appeared to his disciples and gave them what's called the Great Commission. Here's what led up to that.
0:55.0	Matthew 28 versus 16 and 17.
0:58.0	Then the 11 disciples went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
1:03.0	When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted.
1:07.2	The disciples have seen Jesus' miracles.
1:10.0	They've been students of his teaching.
1:11.5	They've witnessed his crucifixion and resurrection, and still some doubted.
1:16.0	Matthew doesn't cover this up, instead, he points it out.
1:20.0	Jesus looks at these worshiping doubters and sends them out to represent him to the world.
1:25.0	You don't have to have it all figured out to be used by God, to be a part of God's story.
1:30.0	Disciples are not people who never doubt. They doubt and worship, they doubt and serve,
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