There are times in life when one is faced with a major trial, a major hurt. It’s in those times you are confronted with two options.

1. You can begin to doubt God and His word, that may lead you to a place of sinning and abandoning God.
2. You can choose to trust God, trust His character even if you do not fully understand the why or understand how this forms a part of God’s plan.

Historical Background

 

The background to our passage is that Matthew had set out to prove that Jesus is the Messiah.

Matthew had proven that the Messiah:

• Matthew 1:1-17 came from royal stock
• Matthew 1:18-25 was conceived in a virgin by the power of the HS
• Mat 2:1-23 came in fulfillment to prophesy
• Matthew revealed
• Matthew 3:1-12 John prepared the way for the coming Messiah
• Matthew 3:13-17 God the Father and God the HS confirmed the Messiah as the Son of God.
• Matthew 4:1-11 the Messiah overcame Satan’s attempts to tempt him, proving His moral and ethical character
• Matthew 4:13-17 the Messiah moved to a strategic location to make disciples
• Matthew 4:18 -25 the Messiah called his people to follow Him make other disciples
• Matthew 5-7 The messiah provides the moral, ethical and spiritual guidelines that should govern the disciple’s life.
• Matthew 8-9 a series of miracles authenticate Jesus as the true Messiah
• Matthew 10 instructions the messiah gave his disciples for their mission trip to the Jews.
• Matthew 11-12  – Matthew brings all the evidence into a courtroom, testifying that Jesus is the Messianic King, the son of God and then revealed how people reacted while appealing to them to believe.

 

• Matthew 11:1-15 some doubted
• Matthew 11:16-19 Some criticized
• Matthew 11:20-24 some were indifferent
• Matthew 11:25-30 then to some came the appeal for faith
• Matthew 12:1-21 some wanted to kill him
• Matthew 12:22-23 some were astounded
• Matthew 12:24-27 Some blasphemed
• Matthew 12:38-45 Some wanted more signs
• Matthew 12:46-50 Then again came the appeal to faith

Proposition

3 Steps to confront a doubting heart

1. Look at Jesus vs 1
2. Ask Jesus vs 2-3
3. Evaluate what He says. vs 4-6