FAITH MUST BE RESTORED

               By A. W. Tozer
 

             Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you
              an evil heart of unbelief.   Hebrews 3:12

                  The Bible tells about man's being alienated from and an
              enemy to God.  Should this sound harsh or extreme you
              have only to imagine your closest friend coming to you
              and slating in cold seriousness that he no longer has any
              confidence in you.

                  "I do not trust you.  I  have  lost  confidence  in your
              character.  I  am  forced  to  suspect  every  move  you
              make" - such a declaration would instantly alienate
              friends by destroying the foundation upon which every
              friendship is built.  Until your former friend's opinion of
              you had  been  reversed  there  could  be  no  further
              communion.

                  People do not go boldly to God and profess that they
              have no confidence in Him and they usually do not
              witness publicly to their low view of God.  The frightful
              thing, however, is that people everywhere act out their
              unbelief with a consistency that is more convincing than
              words.

                  Christianity provides a way back from this place of
              unbelief and alienation: "He that cometh to God must
              believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them
              that diligently seek Him."

                  God took the wrong upon Himself in order that the
              one who committed the wrong might be saved!

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              Yours in Christ,
              Paul N. F