Bible Readings for the Home
Chapter 156
Unbelief
By what
are men justified?
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ." Rom. 5:1.
Then how
are the just to live?
"Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, My
soul shall have no pleasure in him." Heb. 10:38.
Why did
not Israel of old attain to the law of righteousness?
"Because they sought it not by faith." Rom. 9:32.
When one
told Christ of the disciples' failure to heal his afflicted son, what did
He say of that generation?
"He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long
shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto Me." Mark
9:19.
What did
the Saviour say to Thomas when He met him, because he did not believe the
testimony of his brethren that had seen Christ alive after His
crucifixion?
"Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach hither thy
hand, and thrust it into My side; and be not faithless, but believing."
John 20:27.
In view of
the great cloud of witnesses of faith presented by the apostle in the
eleventh chapter of Hebrews, what does Paul exhort all to do?
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us." Heb. 12:1.
Why were
most of the children of Israel prohibited from entering the promised land?
"And to whom sware He that they should not enter into His rest, but to
them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because
of unbelief." Heb. 3:18, 19.
How was
their unbelief regarded, and how did it affect God?
"But with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with
them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?" Heb.
3:17.
What
lesson does the apostle exhort us to draw from the course of the
Israelites?
"Let us therefore fear,
lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should
seem to come short of it." Heb. 4:1.
What
should we all labor to do?
"Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man
fall after the same example of unbelief." Heb. 4:11.
Should one
lose heart when trying to be a Christian, even though he feels that God is
chastising him?
"My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of Him." Heb. 12:5.
Who are
they that seem to have the greatest amount of affliction?
"For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." Heb. 12:6.
If one has
no chastisement to bear, how may he regard himself?
"But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then
are ye bastards, and not sons." Heb. 12:8.
When the
disciples became almost discouraged at one of Christ's sayings, and asked,
"Who then can be saved?" What answer did Christ make?
"But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is
impossible; but with God all things are possible." Matt. 19:26.
When God
made a promise to Abraham that it seemed almost impossible to fulfill, how
did the patriarch receive it?
"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was
strong in faith, giving glory to God." Rom. 4:20.
For what
was Abraham's faith under these circumstances counted?
"For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was
counted unto him for righteousness." Rom. 4:3.
What
should be the burden of one's prayer, who is troubled with unbelief?
"Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief." Mark 9:24.
What do
the Scriptures say of him who believes that he receives the things for
which he asks?
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Mark 11:24.