And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help you mine unbelief. - Mar 9:24 Unbelief is the counter-force to faith.     It is not the amount of faith that is important.     It is the absence of unbelief that enables the faith we have to accomplish its end.

Why did the man have unbelief?   

The natural (carnal) mind will respond: "Because miracles are not the norm."

And there we have it.   Most believers today, and for virtually all of the past 2000 years, have been taught that faith alone is not the answer.   They have been taught to believe what they see, which is the essence of a Carnal Mind.   

Some will say: "That's not fair, believers have been taught to believe and have faith".   

It is likely that the same ones who deny the above accusation will also say:
"God decides what prayers will be answered and which will not, regardless of our faith".   

So what we have here is a religion which believes in its founder ( Christ Jesus) but does not believe what the founder taught.   

This is the very definition of unbelief and it is rampant in many Christian circles.   

Paul pronounced a serious curse upon all who would pervert the Gospel of Christ and teach something contrary to the simple but powerfully revolutionary Gospel that Jesus introduced and the Holy Spirit revealed in fullness to the apostle Paul.   

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. - Gal 1:8 Paul curses those who preach a perverted gospel because they are doing the work of Satan.

As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that you have received, let him be accursed. - Gal 1:9 We are Saved by Grace through Faith.     Legalism undermines our Faith and in so doing denies us Grace which brings Salvation.     Such teaching and preaching are from the pit of Hell.

What then is this Gospel that should not be corrupted or perverted?   

→ It is the good news that we have been redeemed by Grace Through Faith In Christ Jesus (1Co 6:20 Eph 2:13)
→ It is the good news that we are now Sons Of God in the New Birth (1Jn 3:2)
→ It is the good news that we can be Spirit Filled by the gift of the Holy Spirit (Act 2:38)
→ It is the good news that we can do the same and greater works than Jesus (Joh 14:12)
→ It is the good news that all things for life and godliness are ours (2Pe 1:3)
→ It is the good news that we can come boldly to the throne of Grace (Heb 4:16)

→ It is the good news that we are more than conquerors (Rom 8:37)
→ It is the good news that we are in the Father and He is in us (Joh 17:21)
→ It is the good news that we will never be separated from the Holy Spirit (Joh 14:16 Rom 8:39)
→ It is the good news that we are to experience Abundant Life (John 10:10)
→ It is the good news that we will never die (Joh 11:26)
→ It is the good news that we can rule and reign with our Lord (Rom 5:17)

If this is not the thrust of the preaching and teaching that you are exposing yourself to, I can assure you that you have as much unbelief in you as you do faith.   

I take no pleasure in leveling these accusations, but the proof of their veracity is all too evident in the church and in the society which the church should drive.   

Unless we repent of error, we cannot receive the Truth.   And without the Truth we are just spinning our wheels.   

The Word Of God is Truth and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Truth.   
They are one and they, as one, must be our focus if we are to break the cycle of Systemic Unbelief.   

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. - Mat 17:20 Unbelief undermines Faith and blocks the blessing from arriving.      It is not the quantity of Faith that is important, it is the quality.     Unbelief pollutes Faith.      Pure Faith in the absence of Unbelief is capable of moving mountains.

And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. - Mat 13:58 Mighty Works occur in an atmosphere of Faith.     Unbelief squelches the Power of God.

Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. - Heb 3:12 How do we depart from God?     We reverse the process by which we came to God.      We come to Him in Faith in His Word.     We depart from God by ceasing to Believe His Word.

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. - Heb 3:19 Unbelief is negative Faith.     It is believing that God is not trustworthy.

And Jesus answering says unto them, Have faith in God. - Mar 11:22 Jesus is setting forth the main tenet of His doctrine, making Him the Chief Cornerstone which will be a rock of salvation or a Stumbling Block.     Rom 9:33 Jesus is answering every question of importance.     And the answer is: 'Have faith in God.'