A friend of mine (not knowing the point of this Sunday's message) had posted on his blog a great resource for exploring this truth. Desiring God Radio are podcasting a series of messages by Pastor John Piper. These messages are free to download and examine each sin in regard to battling unbelief.
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so i'm a little slow to respond...
i'm not sure i agree with this, but maybe you can bring me around. isn't some sin simple rebellion? there are times when even though i know God will act, i ALSO want to act just for the satisfaction of it. of course, there really isn't any satisfaction resulting from my actions, but i do it out of a hardness of heart.
can you show me where the unbelief comes in?
good points, d.
but unbelief is not just a lack of knowledge or a lack of strong conviction in an area. when you choose to rebel, you are expressing something of the following:
a crisis to truly see God as all knowing, observing your rebellion.
a crisis to believe that God will judge such rebellion.
a crisis to believe your specific rebellion contributed to the sufferings of Christ on the cross.
a crisis to believe that Christ is more desirable than your rebellion.
a crisis to believe that God can liberate you from such rebellion.
(the list could probably go on.)
wow, really good, thought-provoking statements to chew on, danny. thank you for not going on. that was convicting enough....
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