Questioning vs. Doubting
Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 04:16PM ChristianPost:
Is there a difference between questioning and doubting? I think so. For instance in the Psalms there are many questions that plague David about how and why God does certain things. From “why do the heathen prosper” to “why, O Lord, to you stand far off?” to “how long, O, Lord?” David is full of tough questions for God in his songs of worship. God doesn’t rebuke his questions but embraces them to the point of allowing them in the canon of Holy Scripture.
Throughout the Bible serious men and women of God ask serious questions to God about the tough situations they are enduring in life. God allows them (and us) to ask the tough questions without repercussion.
But doubt is a totally different animal. Doubt is an assault on the charater and promises of God. When Jesus rebukes his followers again and again with phrases like, “Why did you doubt?” he is showing that he perceives doubt, as the antithesis to faith. And the perception of Christ is the real reality.

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