Matthew 17: 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily 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.
Of all of the hurdles the Christian has to encounter, and of all the challenges that are detrimental to the soul, the spirit of unbelief poses the most serious and formidable threat to spiritual growth. Unbelief can crystalize one’s faith, it can prevent persons from being healed, it can stop blessings in mid-air, and prevent prayer requests from being heard.
In addition to these effects, unbelief often causes some persons to question God’s intelligence, and as a result, many have turned away from sacred truths that are essential to salvation that would have kept them from soul destroying errors. For instance, the theory of evolution is a direct product of unbelief as is the false doctrine of natural immortality.
Furthermore, there were, and have been instances where God was waiting to do great things for His people, and because of unbelief, He was prevented from doing so. When The Lord was ready to lead all the Hebrews into the promised land, it was unbelief that prevented Him from doing so, and as a result, a journey which should have taken a few days, ended up taking forty years.
Numbers 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!