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A Question of Faith Aug 01 2010
"...blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed." - John 20:29b
Do you sometimes worry about your faith because you find yourself questioning some events in the scriptures? Let's be honest - seas parting, a fish swallowing a grown man, the turning of water into wine, Jesus rising from the dead; sometimes biblical events can test your capacity for belief. But realize that you are in some pretty good company. Take the claim of the virgin birth. Not only have many people had their doubts about it, so did Joseph and Mary!
How did Mary respond when told she was going to birth the Son of God? After the initial shock was absorbed, she immediately began to argue with an angel! Right off the bat she asked the angel what she considered to be a rhetorical question: "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" That angel must have had a mighty convincing answer to that question! Mary doubted and then believed the word of God through the angel.
And then when Mary told Joseph, he didn't buy it for a minute. He knew he wasn't the daddy and immediately made plans to dump her. Once again, it took an angel to convince him that Mary was telling the truth. Joseph doubted and then believed the word of God through the angel.
So if you find yourself feeling guilty for harboring occasional doubts, relax. You are in good company. There is no sin in doubting. Doubts only become sin when we begin to believe them as fact. And we are more fortunate than Mary and Joseph with the claims about Jesus' virgin birth. We don't need angels. We have the written, historical word of God.
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Yes, report it NevermindI personally have no problem believing that Our Lord, the One who created this complicated beautiful universe would have the least bit problem with parting seas,changing water into wine, virgin birth, or whatever else. If He created these things to begin with, which I believe, why would he have a problem with these relatively small issues in comparison.
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Yes, report it NevermindI think when God acts, He so often does the unexpected and it is momentarily shocking that He would think to do such a thing. Those who have been drawn to faith in God by the action of the Holy Spirit recognize God's hand upon the amazing events whereas those who either have not been drawn to faith or else have chosen to reject God find some other way to explain away happenings that do not seem to fit into the natural, expected way for things to happen.
I love to praise God and give Him credit for the wonderous things He did which are recorded in the Bible and also to notice the things He does everyday in current events. Like Christ Follower said, if He is big and great enough to create this world, He certainly can do other miracles.
Thank you, RFTH, for the beautiful scenic reminder heading up these devotions. I never get tired of seeing the sand, the sea and the sky of God's creation. He is the greatest!