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Jude 22 - And have mercy on those who doubt;

There is a difference between doubt and unbelief. David Platt succinctly breaks down the difference in this short 6-minute audio file that includes a devotional prayer. You can hear his short message and prayer by clicking --> here <--

Alister McGrath, ... once wrote that doubt is natural within faith. It comes because of our human weakness and frailty. He contrasts doubt with unbelief: the decision to live your life as if there is no God. It’s a deliberate decision to reject Jesus Christ and all that he stands for. But doubt is something quite different. Doubt arises within the context of faith. It’s a wistful longing to be sure of the things in which we trust.

In other words, for unbelievers, there is no real doubt. Only believers truly experience doubt. Jude exhorts us to understand doubt and to both faithfully pursue God in it, and to be gentle when coaching others through it.

Many books have recently been authored on that topic. Each exhorts gentleness, patience, and understanding when encountering it in struggling fellow-Christians. The best thing to do with doubt is to pray, seek God, but do not let doubt turn into bitterness. In the gaps where we see doubt, the enemy can creep in and sow seeds of discontentment. 

May we, as God's church, humbly hear and disciple fellow believers thorugh seasons of doubt. And may we emerge victorious over the enemy of our soul, in Jesus name!