Acting Out Unbelief

[Chad]

Acting Out Unbelief
A.W. Tozer

Human sin began with loss of faith in God. When our mother Eve listened to Satans sly innuendoes against the character of God she began to entertain a doubt of His integrity and right there the doors were opened to the incoming of every possible evil, and darkness settled upon the world. The Bible talks about mans being alienated from and an enemy to God. Should this sound harsh or extreme you have only to imagine your closest personal friend coming to you and stating in cold seriousness that he no longer has any confidence in you. I do not trust you. I have lost confidence in your character.

I am forced to suspect every move you make. Such a declaration would instantly alienate friends by destroying the foundation upon which every friendship is built. Until your former friends opinion of you had been reversed there could be no further communion. Only a restored faith could bring about a restored friendship. Now, it is well known that people do not go boldly to God and profess that they have no confidence in Him, and no one except the rare professional unbeliever is willing to witness publicly to his low view of God. The frightful thing, however, is that people everywhere act out their unbelief with a consistency that is more convincing than words.

 

[stephen]

Chad;132879]Acting Out Unbelief
A.W. Tozer

Human sin began with loss of faith in God. When our mother Eve listened to Satans sly innuendoes against the character of God she began to entertain a doubt of His integrity and right there the doors were opened to the incoming of every possible evil, and darkness settled upon the world. The Bible talks about mans being alienated from and an enemy to God. Should this sound harsh or extreme you have only to imagine your closest personal friend coming to you and stating in cold seriousness that he no longer has any confidence in you. I do not trust you. I have lost confidence in your character.

I am forced to suspect every move you make. Such a declaration would instantly alienate friends by destroying the foundation upon which every friendship is built. Until your former friends opinion of you had been reversed there could be no further communion. Only a restored faith could bring about a restored friendship. Now, it is well known that people do not go boldly to God and profess that they have no confidence in Him, and no one except the rare professional unbeliever is willing to witness publicly to his low view of God. The frightful thing, however, is that people everywhere act out their unbelief with a consistency that is more convincing than words.

I do not trust you. I have lost confidence in your character.

Such reaction is not unusual towards those who follow Jesus. We are a peculiar people indeed. Distinct even from the bible bashers who seem to believe that Salvation is the result of the policeing of the scriptures.

Jesus made himself of no reputation.......So as we follow Him we need not fear when some set us at nought.

Conversely and to the point of the O.P.

The frightful thing, however, is that people everywhere act out their unbelief with a consistency that is more convincing than words.

We do not cease to be amazed at such brazen unbelief today. Never -the-less, the power of the Holy Spirit, is greater than all such manifestation.........we need not fear as we follow Him in Preaching the Gospel.