The writer to the Hebrews warns, “See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God” . An unbelieving heart fails to combine God’s promises with faith and so prevents us from entering into the hope, joy, peace, happiness, and rest of God’s salvation.
We have seen that Abraham was the quintessential man of faith. Sadly, later generations of his offspring, the Israelites, became characterized by unbelief. Instead of trusting God and his promises, they allowed the aphids of unbelief to ruin their lives.
The book of Exodus recounts how these Israelites, who had experienced divine deliverance from slavery to Pharaoh, murmured against God time after time as they encountered difficulties in the desert (See Exodus 14 – 17).
Murmuring and complaining are sure signs of unbelief, and the evil of unbelief merits God’s anger.
We are told that God killed that entire generation of Israelites; not one unbeliever entered the promised land. The greatest insult we can give to God is to not believe him. It is to say, in effect, “You are a liar! You are untrustworthy and unreliable.”
How many times have the aphids of unbelief destroyed those who seemed to be believers! Over time their hearts grew increasingly hardened and they ended up serving Satan.
So beware of the aphids of unbelief, and fight against them at the first sign of infestation.
Why do we use it?
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Where does it come from?
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