5. Satan’s War Against Faith I Corinthians 1:18-21 “knowledge” vs. knowledge Our war against Satan is with knowledge II Corinthians 10:4-5

6. Identity of Worldly Knowledge

9. When Doubts Arise Why do doubts arise? Persecutions or suffering Cares of the world

10. When Doubts Arise Persecutions or suffering John the Baptism – Matthew 11:2-5 Elijah – I Kings 19:3-11

11. When Doubts Arise Cares of the world Peter – Matthew 27 John Mark – Acts 16

12. Sometimes We Doubt….. Contrary to what we know An emotional response to difficulty How to we handle this?

13. When Doubts Arise Growing pains Peter – John 6 There is nothing better in which to believe

14. When Doubts Arise Catastrophic change Job – Job 19:23-27 What I believe in is my only hope

15. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man;

17. Believing Believing is a choice It requires action on it – James 2

18. Turning To Life We need to increase our faith To be ready for the dark days Ecclesiastes 12 We need to raise our countenance I Peter 4:13-16

19. Why do I believe? Because creation proclaims a God Because the Bible alone answers it Because Jesus is the center of it Because nothing else is worth believing