Faith is a positive response to the Word Of The Lord.
Unbelief is a negative response to the Word Of The Lord.
Unbelief undermines our faith.
Unbelief is the most expensive thing you can own. It robs you of your inheritance.
Types of Unbelief :
→ Ignorance - never taught
→ Disbelief - taught error
→ Natural - bound by physical evidence
Ignorance and disbelief can be eliminated by the Word.
Natural unbelief comes from a Carnal Mind. A Carnal Mind responds only to what we see, hear, feel, taste, and smell.
Natural unbelief (Carnal Minded) can only be eliminated by spending time with the Holy Spirit in His Word, in prayer and in fasting.
We must not doubt in our heart in order to receive.
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for truly I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. |
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. |
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. |
When was the first case of unbelief?
Adam and Eve doubted what the Lord had said. Satan convinced them that His Word was not true.
This fundamental lie from Satan is his primary weapon against every human.
Jesus went into the wilderness after His baptism in water and the Holy Spirit to deal with unbelief once and for all.
Jesus `knew` who He was from an early age. However, when it came time for Him to fulfill His role as prophet, healer, Forgiver, sacrifice and risen King He had to take a `big gulp` of faith in the Word Of The Lord to the exclusion of any doubt.
The temptations that Satan threw at Him were to undermine His faith in the Word. That is why Jesus responded to Him with the Word.
If Jesus had to depend on the Word to overcome, then the only way we can overcome is by His Word.
The Transformed mind, renewed mind, the mind of Christ is a mind which has determined to know nothing except the Word Of The Lord. All other information and `facts` are discounted.
20200710 update
The "prayer of faith" saves the sick. We need to work on our faith by getting rid of unbelief. That happens through the hearing of the Word. Expose yourself to the Word like you expose yourself to the media. Instead of unbelief and fear, faith will rise!