Our unbelief falls into three categories.
The first category is simply ignorance. This person does not know The Word concerning unbelief. Some churches promote ignorance by only recommending the teachings of the clergy. If their teachings don’t deal with unbelief then the congregation will remain ignorant of revelation in that area.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 10:
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
Each of us is responsible to hear, read, study, and dwell on The Word of GOD. If you don’t know the Truth, you will naturally fear since we live in a fallen world which promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Faith, then, is birthed in a heart that responds to God’s anointed utterance of the Anointed One.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:
31 Jesus said to those Jews who believed in Him, “When you continue to embrace all that I teach, you prove that you are My true followers. 32 For if you embrace the Truth, It will release true freedom into your lives.”
When we hear and embrace the Truth, we are set free from fear, uncertainty, and doubt. This is true freedom no matter what is happening around us.
The second type of unbelief is where you have been taught the wrong thing. I see this frequently where people have had wrong teaching concerning Our Heavenly Father’s unconditional Love for us. Their entire relationship with HIM is based on conditional acts as though they can earn HIS Love and attention. They often started out life by being rejected by a parent in some form. In turn, they tried to earn love from the parent, often to no avail.
Teachers who do not have the revelation of Agape Love will create a narrative which excludes this revelation so the student is being instructed in error. We have to erase any and all erroneous teaching. This is part of renewing the mind where we must correct the error we received in the past. Our foundation must be based on Truth from Heaven, not man’s interpretation of Truth based on their own experience and history. This is simply another reason we need to seek The Holy Spirit to guide us into all Truth.
Many of us were led to believe that if we have done something wrong, GOD won’t answer our prayers. This teaching attempted to negate the importance of Jesus’ Blood.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:
1 So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One. 2 For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death. 3 For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature.
Don’t try to reopen a case that has been totally removed from us. Jesus won’t look for it since it no longer exists. The case has been expunged (struck out; wiped out or destroyed; annihilated).
The third type of unbelief deals with what our senses are telling us when we have exercised faith in a situation. If we don’t immediately see or hear the expected response, then we can allow unbelief to enter in. This is what the disciples were experiencing in Matthew chapter 17 when the boy did not immediately respond to their words to cast out the demon. Instead the demon challenged their level of maturity in the area of “belief”. They failed that test and Jesus had to have a corrective interview with them concerning their unbelief. Prayer and fasting was the answer, and still is.
Your senses will challenge your level of maturity in the area of unbelief. Will you pass the test? The fruit will be your guide. Don’t let failure prevent you from pressing in and overcoming unbelief in all areas of your life. These teachings are meant to encourage you to full maturity in all areas. Have I been totally successful? Absolutely not! However I am tenacious enough to continue to press in so that I WILL PASS THE TEST. I encourage you to do the same.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 5:
14 But solid food is for the mature, whose spiritual senses perceive Heavenly matters. And they have been adequately trained by what they’ve experienced to emerge with understanding of the difference between what is truly excellent and what is evil and harmful.
If we are lacking in our training, we don’t give up, we train some more with the expectation of becoming fully mature Sons and Daughters.