Tag: unbelief
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Those who will believe
John 17:20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.” Do you realize that until the Lord returns there will continue to be people who will believe in Him, i.e., with certainty, there are people who don’t believe right now who will believe in the future? …
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Do you really believe God hears?
John 17:1 “After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed.” When you pray, do you really believe in your heart of hearts that God actually hears you? Do you believe He is present? Do you believe He exists? You may say that these are strange questions, for surely if one prays, he or…
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Exceptions
Psalm 119:128 “Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.” Are their “exceptions” in your faith? Do you agree with the Bible’s view on many or even most things, but are there exceptions? Do you really like Jesus’ teaching about love, peace, and joy? Does the Sermon on the…
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Defining “disobedience”
Leviticus 26:14-16 “But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments, if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease…
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The fear of loss
Psalm 84:11 “No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.” One of the arguments for unbelief – for resisting becoming a Christian – is the belief that one will “miss out” on something. The thoughts can go like this: “I won’t be able to have this or that,” or “I won’t be…
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The cure for a troubled heart
John 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.” What we believe has much more to do with how we act and react than what we say. The vast majority of people in this world say that they believe in God. What or who they are calling “God” may not be…
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If I could see a miracle. Really?
John 11:40 “Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” “ Have you ever heard someone claim that if they saw a miracle, then they might believe in God? Jesus spoke about this line of thinking in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in…
To Encourage You 