{"id":7882,"date":"2023-05-07T17:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T21:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7882"},"modified":"2023-05-14T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T21:54:12","slug":"an-open-letter-to-those-facing-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7882","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to Those Facing Doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>An Open Letter to Those Facing Doubts<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Various Scriptures<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>by Mike Mayfield<\/b><\/h2>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7882-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/An-Open-Letter-to-Those-With-Doubts.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/An-Open-Letter-to-Those-With-Doubts.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/An-Open-Letter-to-Those-With-Doubts.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Compassion for Doubters<br \/>\n<\/u>Mark 9:17-29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe; help my unbelief!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Faith and Science<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Sexuality and Marriage<\/u><u><br \/>\n<\/u>\u00a0Genesis 1:26-27 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n26\u00a0 Then God said, \u201cLet us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.\u201d<br \/>\n27\u00a0 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genesis 2:24 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n24\u00a0 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark 2:19-20 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n19\u00a0 And Jesus said to them, \u201cCan the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.<br \/>\n20\u00a0 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 3:29-30 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n29\u00a0 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom\u2019s voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is now complete.<br \/>\n30\u00a0 He must increase, but I must decrease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Other Religions<br \/>\n<\/u>1 Peter 3:15 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n15\u00a0 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Faith and Doubt<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Our Faith May Be Weak, but Our Savior is Strong<br \/>\n<\/u>Matthew 6:30 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n30\u00a0 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 14:28 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n28\u00a0 And Peter answered him, \u201cLord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 14:30-31 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n30\u00a0 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, \u201cLord, save me.\u201d<br \/>\n31\u00a0 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, \u201cO you of little faith, why did you doubt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 16:24-25 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n24\u00a0 Then Jesus told his disciples, \u201cIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25\u00a0 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 6:66-69 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n66\u00a0 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.<br \/>\n67\u00a0 So Jesus said to the Twelve, \u201cDo you want to go away as well?\u201d<br \/>\n68\u00a0 Simon Peter answered him, \u201cLord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,<br \/>\n69\u00a0 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Open Letter to Those Facing Doubts Various Scriptures by Mike Mayfield &nbsp; Compassion for Doubters Mark 9:17-29 \u201cI believe; help my unbelief!\u201d Faith and Science Sexuality and Marriage \u00a0Genesis 1:26-27 (ESV) 26\u00a0 Then God said, \u201cLet us make man &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7882\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7885,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882\/revisions\/7885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}