Does our title sound like a misnomer? Well it isn’t. Good and godly people can have doubts from time to time, for one reason or another. At the very start of John the Baptist’s ministry, he had affirmed who Jesus was with the words, “Behold the Lamb of God.” But later on, toward the end of his ministry, from a secluded prison cell, the prophet sends two of his disciples to ask Jesus, “Art thou He…or do we look for another?”
During this dark time in the life of one of our Lord’s choice servant’s lives, Jesus replies in the affirmative to the first part of his question, then adds, saying, to all present, “Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.” This reminds me of the time I pastored in Florida years ago. There was a preacher in a neighboring town who taught that if a Christian ever doubted, he or she was lost. How un-Christ like! How un-scriptural!
My sweet and blessed mother-in law, whom I referred to simply as “Mamaw,” had Alzheimer’s before the Lord called her home. During those days when she looked through a glass darkly, she questioned whether or not her husband, “Hoppy,” was really her husband. My father-in-law lovingly took their marriage license, put it in a frame, and hung it on a wall where she could see it regularly.
Need I apply this precious story to those times when we too, like Mamaw, have our times of confusion and doubt?
”These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life."
by an Aged Saint
Yes. Interestingly, when she'd wake of a night she'd say to Hop, "you're not my husband, get out of my bed." In spite of her condition she still remembered what was right and wrong.
Thanks Marie. Interestingly, when she'd wake of a night, she would say to Hop, "get out of my bed, you're not my husband." In spite of her condition she knew it was not right sleeping with a man not your husband.