Doubt Makes Us Human: Switch Weekend

Questions for God

Scripture References

• Matthew 28:16-17
• Matthew 28:18-20

Overview

We all carry questions that can shake our confidence in God. Pastor James showed that doubt is not a disqualifier— even the disciples who saw the risen Jesus ­“worshiped … but some doubted.” From Matthew 28 he built a simple framework: bring your questions to God, process your doubts with trusted people, and follow Jesus anyway, anchoring your faith in His resurrection.

Main Points

We all face unsettling questions

• Big cultural issues (war, shootings, science vs. faith) and personal pain (miscarriage, divorce, chronic illness) can make us wonder if God is good.
• Gen Z is called the first post-Christian U.S. generation: double the rate of atheism, and record levels of anxiety, depression, and suicide.
  • Illustration: Switch exists “to help your teenager move from a bad statistic to a better story.”

“Some worshiped, but some doubted” — doubt among the eleven

“When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.”

• Matthew includes this awkward detail because it actually happened—and because we need it.
• Truths drawn out:
  • Doubt doesn’t make you a bad Christian; it makes you human.
  • The presence of doubt is not the absence of faith; doubt can invite deeper faith.

“Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith; they keep it moving and awake.” — Frederick Buechner

1. Bring your questions to God

• God is bigger than any box we build; if a question can topple our concept of God, that concept wasn’t really God.

• Story: Two weeks before their wedding, Mandy was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Three years of daily prayer have not yet produced healing, but every question brought to God has been met with love, power, unexpected peace, and sustaining joy.

2. Process your doubts with people you trust

• Matthew could record the disciples’ doubts because they talked about them.
• Isolation fuels unbelief; community gives space to wrestle.
  • LifeGroups and Switch provide safe environments where questions are welcomed.
  • College study: students didn’t leave church because of doubts, but because they felt church wasn’t a safe place to express them.

3. Follow Jesus anyway

• John records Jesus’ hard teaching that caused many to leave. Peter answered:

  “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

• Historical facts accepted by both atheist and theist scholars (Jesus’ death, empty tomb claims, James’ and Paul’s conversions) point back to the resurrection as the best explanation.
• All eleven disciples, worshipers and doubters alike, kept following—ten to martyrdom, one to lifelong exile.

Key Truths

• Doubt does not disqualify; it can deepen faith.
• God is always larger than our hardest question.
• Safe, honest community is essential for a resilient faith.
• The resurrection of Jesus is the fixed point when every other answer feels uncertain.
• We can choose to follow Jesus in spite of unanswered questions because there is no better option.

Response

• Bring your hardest question to God in prayer this week.
• Share one lingering doubt with a trusted friend, LifeGroup, or Switch leader.
• Read Matthew 28 and note where worship and doubt mingle; journal your observations.
• Revisit the historical evidence for the resurrection to bolster your confidence in Christ.
• Commit to regular community (LifeGroup or Switch) where honest dialogue is normal.

Closing

Some worshiped, some doubted—yet Jesus still commissioned every one of them. In the same way, He invites you, doubts included, to join His mission. Whatever questions linger, anchor your hope in the empty tomb and keep moving forward with Him.

“Your doubts don’t disqualify you. Bring them, process them, and follow Jesus anyway.”

Prayer

The pastor thanked God for gathering His people, asked Him to meet every raised question with love and power, to draw doubters close, and to grant courage for following Jesus despite uncertainties. He also led those committing to Christ for the first time to repent, receive forgiveness, and surrender their lives to Jesus.

Resources

• life.church/next – next-step tools
• Life.Church YouTube channel
• Switch Youth YouTube channel