2004 Term 1 Week 3 (Part A) - Definitions: Believe, Trust, and Faith – with Doubt

The following may happen:

...........Faith
Belief ----------> Trust
^______________|
...........Doubt
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Doubt may cause you to rethink your original belief.
Example:
Belief = God will protect me from hardships
Faith = Help others because God protects
Trust = Continue helping because God protects
Doubt = Hardships in life come
Belief = God will be with me in hardships

Doubt and Faith
Faith = Certainty surrounded by doubt
Courage and fear. What need for courage if there is nothing to fear? So too what need of faith if there are no doubts?
Reclaim doubt. Doubt is a tool that we as Christian can use to further God’s kingdom. Doubt the world. One of the beliefs of the world is that we need to be selfish to survive life, “I need to look after myself ‘cos no one else will.” The Bible asks us to doubt that belief. The Bible speaks of sacrifice and service and love that is freely given. Even life itself asks us to doubt that. Mother Teresa and others inspire us to consider the merits of service.