Doubt can never know for sure. No matter what doubt hears, there is never any certain assurance. Not only that, but doubt thinks no one else can really know that God is real. Doubt says, "Maybe God is real and maybe He's not. There are times I've thought He is, then again I think He's not." Doubt thinks those who say they believe in God are really just playing a religious game.
Unbelief is dogmatic. Unbelief says, "There is no God. It is ignorant and uneducated people who say they believe in God. How stupid. Show me the evidence. If there is a God, I would know it and understand." Unbelief lifts himself up in pride, looking down on others who believe.
Faith knows that the Lord God Almighty rules over all. Faith will not listen to doubt nor unbelief. The reason is simple, faith has heard from God. Faith knows the truth found in God's covenant word. You see, "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). Faith knows God's everlasting word of promise.
Faith knows that God is at work in all things for our good and His glory. Faith will always trust God as Father, and Jesus as Lord and Savior. Faith receives love, because "God is love" (1 John 4:8). Faith experiences joy, because faith receives Christ. Faith lives in peace, because faith depends upon the Holy Spirit. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace" (Galatians 5:22).
