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How to Handle Doubts and Confusion
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Bible, the deeper will be our conviction that these are honestly the
words of God.
We all come to the Bible with a certain amount of pride, and
it’s humbling to realize that we are face to face with some things
we can’t understand no matter how hard we study. It’s God’s plan
that the truths of His Word will constantly become clearer to us
as we read them. Here’s how that happens. He has given us His
Spirit to guide our thoughts as we read the Bible. Shortly before
His crucifixion, He told His disciples that He would send them the
Spirit to guide them in their knowledge of truth. He said, “When
the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. ... He
will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
John 16:13, 14
.
Your understanding begins as you study the Word, led by the Spirit,
utilizing your God-given powers of reason and understanding. So
open the book reverently; it is God’s Word. Pray for the Spirit’s
guidance, and you will find yourself moving away from doubts.
But what if, despite all this, doubt continues to haunt you? Then
it would be appropriate to ask yourself if your growing knowledge
and understanding of God’s will is interfering with something you
like to do but have begun to realize is not part of God’s will for you.
If that proves to b
true, make the decision that your relationship
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with Jesus is more important than any part of your former way of life.
The Bible has this invitation: “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Psalm 34:8
. So keep “tasting” and find the blessing. Remember
Jesus’ words: “Ask and you will receive.”
John 16:24
. Jesus wants
you to be happy!
As you pass from death to life you will be able to say, “I needed
help, and I found it in Jesus. He has met my soul’s hunger, and now
the Bible reveals Jesus to me.” By faith we may imagine eternity and
grasp the promise of God for increased intellect as the Holy Spirit
possesses our humanity. Soon everything that has perplexed us in
the providences of God will be made plain. As Paul wrote to the
church in Corinth: “Now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will
see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully,
even as I have been fully known.”
1 Corinthians 13:12
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