WARNING! UNBELIEF!

WARNING! UNBELIEF! God wants us to have a live awareness of what he is doing. He wants us to

believe in the supernatural, because he is the God of the supernatural. If in your heart you are standing aloof, beware! "(Therefore beware,) brothers; take care lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart which refuses to cleave to, trust in and rely on Him leading

you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God" (Hebrews 3:12 Amp).

You might have had a real interest in church and working for God, but there has crept into your

thinking a spirit of skepticism. You stand aloof with unbelief or doubt, both of which are enemies of

God. If you say you believe in the supernatural and give one reason why you do and nine why you

don't, your words are just hollow echoes. The warning says that you don't really believe in the

supernatural, and without even realizing it, you find yourself questioning God's ways in your mind.

It is so easy to be lulled into becoming an observer who stands aloof saying, "I can't get too involved;

I'm more or less neutral." There is no neutral ground you are either pulling one way or another.

We need to be like Peter and Paul and some of the other disciples who followed Jesus and were willing to lay down their lives for God! I'm excited to say that there has never been a time in the history of the world when God's people were more dedicated to what he is doing that they are today.

WARNING: "The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways;" (Proverbs 14:14). When you begin drifting back, long before you get totally away from God, you are interested only in those things that pertain to you, not the things of God. This is a warning sign.

WARNING! "What will we say then? Will we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1).

The grace of God is a beautiful covering, but it is not a license to sin. God's grace is something we did not earn, something we cannot buy. A person who thinks they can do what they please is rebelling

against God and skating on thin ice!

WARNING! "... Receive not the grace of God in vain" (2 Corinthians 6:1). God's grace is a gift and

should not be received in vain. Paul tells about this in connection with what God did in providing his

covering, and he gave us this warning: "For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins.

Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us! As God's partners we beg you not to toss aside this marvelous message of God's great kindness." God did this for you and what a beautiful word of

assurance he is giving, but he warned us not to toss it aside for worldly pleasures. "For God says, 'Your cry came to me at a favorable time, when the doors of welcome were wide open. I helped you on a day when salvation was being offered.' Right now God is ready to welcome you. Today he is ready to save you."

Then he goes on to tell us how we can keep from tossing it aside: "We try to live in such a way that no one will ever be offended or kept back from finding the Lord by the way we act, so that no one can find fault with us and blame it on the Lord. In fact, in everything we do we try to show that we are true ministers of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21 and 6:14

TLB). Hallelujah!

Suppose you just purchased a new dishwasher for your home. You are excited about all the new

features and the many hours it will save you in your kitchen, and you are reading the instructions on

how to make it do the best job for you. You discover a little sign that says, "WARNING! For the best

and most efficient operation, do thus and so."

What would happen if you suddenly thought, "I can't keep this in my home; it may fail me!" Just for a

moment you took your eyes off of the benefits and enlarge on the word of caution and immediately all the benefits diminished in your mind!

What God has promised is the same thing for the individual who recognizes what has been done for

him and what God wants to do. God's promises and his benefits are all spelled out for him and the

equipment is superior. We are sold on how good God is and how his interest in us is told in all of his

good promises, not one word of which has he ever failed to perform. His guarantee is unlimited! But

there is still a warning sign, and it is there to make it work for you! A red light flashes at a railroad crossing when the train is coming, to prevent us from getting killed!  

A fire engine sounds a siren to warn us of its approach! An ambulance and a police car flash lights when there is danger, and the wail of their siren warns us to pull over and get out of the way. A fever warns us of sickness and infection.

All of these signals are good, and so are God's warning signs. They are just as effective to keep us from getting killed (spiritually) as the flashing lights at a railroad crossing are to keep us from getting killed physically! God loves us so much he has posted warning signs all along the lake of joy, just for our protection!

Angels on Assignment 

Author: Francis Hunter

Ref:Pg. 47