What Is An Evil Heart of Unbelief?

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What IsAn Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• Belief and unbelief can co-exist.

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Mark 914-16

• And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great
  multitude around them, and scribes disputing with
  them. Immediately, when they saw Him, all the
  people were greatly amazed, and running to Him,
  greeted Him. And He asked the scribes, "What are
  you discussing with them?"

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Mark 917-18

• Then one of the crowd answered and said,
  "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute
  spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him
  down he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth,
  and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples,
  that they should cast it out, but they could not."

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Mark 919-20

• He answered him and said, "O faithless
  generation, how long shall I be with you? How
  long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me."
  Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw
  Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he
  fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the
  mouth.

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Mark 921-24

• So He asked his father, "How long has this been
  happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.
  And often he has thrown him both into the fire
  and into the water to destroy him. But if You can
  do anything, have compassion on us and help us."
  Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all
  things are possible to him who believes."
  Immediately the father of the child cried out and
  said with tears, "Lord, I believe help my
  unbelief!" ?

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Matthew 1719-21

• Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and
  said, "Why could we not cast it out?" So Jesus
  said to them, "Because of your unbelief for
  assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a
  mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,
  'Move from here to there,' and it will move and
  nothing will be impossible for you. However, this
  kind does not go out except by prayer and
  fasting." ?

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What IsAn Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• An evil heart of unbelief is a heart that is
  indifferent to what God wants done.
• It has no intention of obeying God.

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What IsAn Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• The practical unbelief of the Jews is a warning
  to Christians.

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1 Corinthians 101-5

• Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be
  unaware that all our fathers were under the
  cloud, all passed through the sea, all were
  baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
  all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank
  the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that
  spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock
  was Christ. But with most of them God was not
  well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in
  the wilderness.

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1 Corinthians 106-7

• Now these things became our examples, to the
  intent that we should not lust after evil things
  as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters
  as were some of them. As it is written,
• "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose
  up to play."

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1 Corinthians 108-11

• Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of
  them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand
  fell nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them
  also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents nor
  complain, as some of them also complained, and
  were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these
  things happened to them as examples, and they
  were written for our admonition, upon whom the
  ends of the ages have come. ?

These are aspects of unbelief!
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What Causesan Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• An Evil Heart of Unbelief Can be caused by
  failing to understand the role of tribulations
  and persecutions.

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James 12-4

• My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into
  various trials, knowing that the testing of your
  faith produces patience. But let patience have
  its perfect work, that you may be perfect and
  complete, lacking nothing. ?

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1 Peter 16-9

• In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a
  little while, if need be, you have been grieved
  by various trials, that the genuineness of your
  faith, being much more precious than gold that
  perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be
  found to praise, honor, and glory at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen
  you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet
  believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and
  full of glory, receiving the end of your
  faith--the salvation of your souls. ?

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Matthew 1321

• But he who received the seed on stony places,
  this is he who hears the word and immediately
  receives it with joy yet he has no root in
  himself, but endures only for a while. For when
  tribulation or persecution arises because of the
  word, immediately he stumbles. ?

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Luke 813

• But the ones on the rock are those who, when they
  hear, receive the word with joy and these have
  no root, who believe for a while and in time of
  temptation fall away. ?

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What Causesan Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• An Evil Heart of Unbelief Can be caused by not
  fully trusting God.

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Exodus 161

• And they journeyed from Elim, and all the
  congregation of the children of Israel came to
  the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and
  Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month
  after they departed from the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 162-3

• Then the whole congregation of the children of
  Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the
  wilderness. And the children of Israel said to
  them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the
  Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the
  pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full!
  For you have brought us out into this wilderness
  to kill this whole assembly with hunger." ?

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Exodus 171

• Then all the congregation of the children of
  Israel set out on their journey from the
  Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment
  of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim but there
  was no water for the people to drink.

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Exodus 172-3

• Therefore the people contended with Moses, and
  said, "Give us water, that we may drink." And
  Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me?
  Why do you tempt the Lord?" And the people
  thirsted there for water, and the people
  complained against Moses, and said, "Why is it
  you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us
  and our children and our livestock with thirst?" ?

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Numbers 141-3

• So all the congregation lifted up their voices
  and cried, and the people wept that night. And
  all the children of Israel complained against
  Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said
  to them, "If only we had died in the land of
  Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!
  Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall
  by the sword, that our wives and children should
  become victims? Would it not be better for us to
  return to Egypt?" ?

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Numbers 214-5

• Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of
  the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom and
  the soul of the people became very discouraged on
  the way. And the people spoke against God and
  against Moses "Why have you brought us up out of
  Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no
  food and no water, and our soul loathes this
  worthless bread." ?

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1 Corinthians 1013

• No temptation has overtaken you except such as is
  common to man but God is faithful, who will not
  allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able,
  but with the temptation will also make the way of
  escape, that you may be able to bear it. ?

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What Causesan Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• An Evil Heart of Unbelief Can be caused by the
  love of the world.

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1 John 215-17

• Do not love the world or the things in the world.
  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father
  is not in him. For all that is in the world--the
  lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
  pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the
  world. And the world is passing away, and the
  lust of it but he who does the will of God
  abides forever. ?

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Matthew 1322

• Now he who received seed among the thorns is he
  who hears the word, and the cares of this world
  and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,
  and he becomes unfruitful. ?

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Luke 814

• Now the ones that fell among thorns are those
  who, when they have heard, go out and are choked
  with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and
  bring no fruit to maturity. ?

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2 Timothy 49-10

• Be diligent to come to me quickly for Demas has
  forsaken me, having loved this present world, and
  has departed for Thessalonica--Crescens for
  Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. ?

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What Causesan Evil Heart of Unbelief?

• An Evil Heart of Unbelief Can be caused by
  overconfidence.

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1 Corinthians 1012

• Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed
  lest he fall. ?

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