E5 Heart and Mind of Jesus - Do I believe?

Hope's Harbor Podcast - Gritty Bible Devotions

Are you struggling to increase your faith? The sin of unbelief is commonly overlooked by most of us and will hinder our growth as faithful Christians.

One reason for this is that unbelief is subtle; it's not a surface issue, but part and parcel to the normal veil covering our minds.

Unbelief has far-reaching consequences. One of them is an inevitable outcome: Jesus thrown off a cliff of rejection and indifference.

And though unbelief is subtle at first, it's a crucial issue to address and one we all need to consider carefully. That is if we want Jesus in our lives with the same intensity as He when he was on earth.

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Hope’s Harbor

Gritty Bible Devotions

Episode #5

Title: Heart and Mind of Jesus – Do I Believe? Lesson 4

The Inevitable Outcome

Date: 5/3/2021

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Key verse(s): And all bore Him witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Intro: The sin of unbelief is commonly overlooked by most of us.

· One reason for this is unbelief is subtle.

· It’s not a surface issue and it’s part and parcel of the normal veil covering the minds of men.

· But listen, unbelief is a heinous sin.

· Its inevitable outcome is to throw Jesus off a cliff of rejection and indifference.

Devotion focus:

The Outcome and Cost of Unbelief – what you will do and how you pay.

· You know how it’s said nothing’s free? It’s true.

· Even when something is offered free, like salvation, what is offered costs someone something and then they choose to give it away.

· Like God did with the offer to forgive us. To become God’s child through a new spiritual birth costs us nothing.

· But it cost God His Son. It cost Jesus His life.

· And the way He paid was through horrific suffering on our behalf.

· Considering all God paid, all Jesus paid, all the Holy Spirit paid, yes, He was at the cross, too. And considering the cost for our freedom reveals why unbelief is so hateful to God.

· As far as I can tell from studying unbelief it has as its core the statement to God that after all He did for us, ever did, is not enough.

· How this relates to the lesson is found in Luke 4:18-22.

· From this passage, we’ll see first the doubt of those involved and then the outcome of their unbelief:

Luke 4:18 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

· Let’s stop and consider something: What did Jesus say so far

Luke 4:19 - To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Luke 4:20 - And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

Luke 4:21 - And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

Luke 4:22 - And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of h

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