When In Doubt??? A Word From THE WORD!!! #498

One of the greatest examples of doubt-versus-faith comes from two saints of God, Joshua and Caleb.  They were in the minority, 2-10, but theirs was a response of faith, not doubt.  Can we stand and withstand in this evil day, no matter the crowd’s reaction or response.  A bit of a long passage, but I pray it will encourage you today and help you reject the doubt when God speaks to you; no matter the number who stand in opposition to you, or the number of giants that you see!  God is greater than anything that frightens you or causes you to doubt.  Remember Peter didn’t sink until he took his eyes off of Jesus!  Keep your focus on HIM!

“And they returned

from searching of the land after forty days.

26 And they went and came to Moses,

and to Aaron,

and to all the congregation

of the children of Israel,

unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh;

and brought back word unto them,

and unto all the congregation,

and shewed them the fruit of the land.

27 And they told him, and said,

We came unto the land

whither thou sentest us,

and surely it floweth

with milk and honey;

and this is the fruit of it.

28 Nevertheless the people be strong

that dwell in the land,

and the cities are walled,

and very great:

and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

29 The Amalekites dwell

in the land of the south:

and the Hittites, and the Jebusites,

and the Amorites,

dwell in the mountains:

and the Canaanites

dwell by the sea,

and by the coast of Jordan.

30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses,

and said,

Let us go up at once, and possess it;

for we are well able to overcome it.

14:1 And all the congregation

lifted up their voice, and cried;

and the people wept that night.

2 And all the children of Israel

murmured against Moses and against Aaron:

and the whole congregation said unto them,

Would God that we had died

in the land of Egypt!

or would God

we had died in this wilderness!

3 And wherefore hath the LORD

brought us unto this land,

to fall by the sword,

that our wives and our children

should be a prey?

were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

4 And they said one to another,

Let us make a captain,

and let us return into Egypt.

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces

before all the assembly

of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 And Joshua the son of Nun,

and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,

which were of them that searched the land,

rent their clothes:

7 And they spake unto all the company

of the children of Israel,

saying,

The land, which we passed through

to search it,

 is an exceeding good land.

8 If the LORD delight in us,

then he will bring us into this land,

and give it us;

a land which floweth

with milk and honey.

9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD,

neither fear ye the people of the land;

for they are bread for us:

their defence is departed from them,

and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

10 But all the congregation bade stone them

with stones.

And the glory of the LORD

appeared in the tabernacle

of the congregation

before all the children of Israel.

11 And the LORD said unto Moses,

How long will this people provoke me?

And how long will it be ere they believe me,

for all the signs

which I have shewed among them?”                      Numbers 13:25-14:11

What is God saying about America?  About the American church?  About Americans professing His name but denying the power thereof?  Paul warned us about these times in which we are living; will you take heed to his words?

“This know also,

that in the last days

perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be

lovers of their own selves,

covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, d

isobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded,

lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness,

but denying the power thereof:

from such turn away.”  2 Timothy 3:1-5

We are called to faith, hope, love and obedience to the God we claim to know.   If we are truly born again, we have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us, therefore we ought not be denying the power of our God, His holiness or His grace to save us!

John also gives us a great message of truth, conviction and responsibility.  Are we walking in the Spirit, living by the power of God’s Word, and being a glory to this broken and lost world; or have we fallen into compromise with the world?  It’s your choice but choose wisely, there is a test!

“For all that is in the world,

the lust of the flesh,

and the lust of the eyes,

and the pride of life,

is not of the Father,

but is of the world.

17 And the world passeth away,

and the lust thereof:

but he that doeth the will of God

abideth for ever.

18 Little children,

it is the last time:

and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,

even now are there many antichrists;

whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us,

but they were not of us;

for if they had been of us,

they would no doubt have continued with us:

but they went out,

that they might be made manifest

that they were not all of us.

20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One,

and ye know all things.”  1 John 2:16-19–20

 Don’t be a faker, but a true child of God by the power of The Cross!  Jesus can and will save those who come to Him in repentance of sin, and faith in His substitutionary, atoning sacrifice for sin—mine and yours!  Even as Jesus himself said?  Do you know HIM?

“I am the good shepherd,

and know my sheep,

and am known of mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me,

even so know I the Father:

and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And other sheep I have,

which are not of this fold:

them also I must bring,

and they shall hear my voice;

and there shall be one fold,

and one shepherd.”  John 10:14-16

Amen and Amen!!!