Walking in Unbelief
If you say you believe in the existence of God, how deep does that belief go? Do you believe in Him as the scriptures portray Him or do you believe based on tradition or your parents values and understanding of God. Perhaps you have done a personal search to satisfy your own thirst for knowing. Christianity is NOT a religion, per se, but more of a relational thing. Christianity at its core is based on an intimate, personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe and man’s first breath. To believe in God is to embrace all that He is. Those whose belief is shaky probably have yet to truly meet Him. Many say they believe in God but have never made Him an integral part of their life. The Bible tells us to simply believe in God and Jesus and you’ll be saved. While that is inherently true, belief is so much more than that. Salvation is designed to revolutionize one’s life. It’s like receiving a transfusion of new, fresh, clean blood into your veins. You are alive, as opposed to being a walking, talking dead man. Your soul is now alive. You’re lone desire now should be to please the Lord with your life. To neglect that part of your Christian experience will leave you walking on a tightrope of indecision. To keep at a distant from the intimacy God offers is to invite doubt and unbelief to creep into the recesses of your mind. You then become easy prey for the enemy.
As Hebrews 3:12 addresses, “See to it, brothers, and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today’, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.” If unbelief is allowed to fester, it will begin to eat away at your faith in God. Allowing unbelief to grow will cause you eventually, if unchecked, to open the door to apostasy, which is the falling away from one’s faith. Don’t let this happen to you. Too great a price was paid to save your soul from the pits of hell. To disbelieve is to make Christ’s death nonessential, while the reverse is true. Without Christ’s death on the cross there would be NO HOPE for mankind, for they would die in their sins and be destined for an eternity in hell.
Know what you believe and be able to back it up with scripture. The world is attacking the church in their attempt to crush it. Too many churches are straying from key doctrines in the bible. Shame on them. God is not pleased with what is taking place in the churches throughout the world. To those who believe and stand strong in their faith to the very end there will be a reward in heaven. To those who alter scripture to support their own personal theology or ideology, their only reward will be hell fire. It is incredibly important to know WHAT you believe and WHY you believe it. Start searching right away. Stay strong in your faith, for persecution may very well come knocking on your door in the future. Remember, the Lord offers you eternal life, the enemy offers you NOTHING but shiny baubles that have NO value. Don’t allow yourself to be duped. Trust God and live what you believe.
Next we will look at practicing prayerlessness. Until then, walk with the King and be a blessing.
In His Name & for His Glory,
Richard Keller
Bread of Life Ministries
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