Doubt is very real for people who believe.

It is reality, but it is not an acceptable reality,

and it needs to be addressed.

Gideon doubted God, Elijah doubted God.

Jeremiah even expressed doubt. The Apostles doubt and here John the Baptist

doubts. We understand that coming face to face with doubt is coming face to face

with ourselves. Welcome to Grace to you with a

welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host Phil Johnson.

Here's a question for you.

Could the most committed Christians you know have moments when they are uncertain about their faith?

Have you had times like that? What about

believers in the Bible? Did their faith in Christ ever waver? Consider that today

as John begins a series called When Believers Doubt. Now John I can imagine some people

being surprised by that title when believers doubt. It doesn't say so-called believers it just says when believers doubt. It doesn't say so-called believers. It just says when believers doubt and it's not if they

doubt, but when they doubt, so does that mean that some level of doubt is inevitable

for every Christian, even spiritually mature Christians.

Yes, I think because we're not perfect,

we're still fighting with the flesh and our fallen nature. And we also have to remember that assurance

is not necessarily always going to be the believer's experience. Assurance is a gift to an obedient believer.

And when there is disobedience in your life

as a believer, when there is sin in your life,

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