Help My Unbelief: Why doubt is not the enemy of faith

by Barnabas Piper

God is infinite, beyond our understanding, and he chose to reveal himself to us in a way that sparks questions rather than settles all of them.

God cannot be grasped, not in full, and that’s what makes him God.)

Questions indicate belief only if you actually want an answer. Someone who asks without wanting to learn is not truly asking, but is challenging. Challenging is not believing, but undermining.

Belief is not a black-and-white endeavor built on simple truths. It is the exploration of a great mystery girded by great truths.

Scripture doesn’t offer the answers to most mysteries that we want. It offers the ones God wants us to have. And if he wants us to have them, then they are the ones we need. This is not an easy truth because it does not feel satisfying. But satisfaction is there to be had.

pleading “Help” is a God-honoring act of faith.

Disobeying the command of God is disbelieving his character.

trust in God stems from understanding his character, not his reasons.

Jesus overcomes the difficulties and hurts of communing with other sinners.

To live by faith is to rest in the object of our faith, the God of the Bible, and to come to terms with all of our “I don’t knows.”