A lack of faith in God

Mark 11:22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

Jesus is telling his disciples that regardless of the obstacle they may face in their lives, faith in God will carry them through. Faith in God will preserve our spirits. Faith in God will solve our earthly problems. Faith in God will result in blessings abounding in our lives. Faith in God will take us to an eternity in heaven.

But what happens without faith in God? What happens when we don’t put that trust, that ultimate belief that everything is going to be okay, in Holy God? The answer is simple: our lives are not being lived to the fullest. We can’t solve the biggest problems we face. Those mountains in our lives become insurmountable obstacles without faith in God. Our lives on this earth are all that we have. When we leave this world, if we haven’t placed in our faith in God, in the blood of Jesus to wash us clean, we’re left with nothing. When we close our eyes for the last time, that’s it. There’s no second chance. There are no redos, there is no rewind button in life.

We hear so much about what it takes to be a Christian, and what it takes to help others and to make a difference. Being a Christian, especially in today’s world, is not easy. However, the basis of being a Christian, no matter which denomination you belong to, comes down to one word: faith. Without it, you can’t serve God. Without faith, you can’t spread the Gospel. Without faith, you can’t teach your children how to grow up and be righteous adults. Without it, you can’t help build your church. Without faith, you can’t pray. Without faith, you can’t be saved. Without faith, you can never hear the praising words of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, ‘Well done, thy good and faithful servant. Enter into thy rest.’

Our world is filled with a lack of faith. Satan has sneaked in the back door and robbed the faith and fear right out of the hearts of men and women across the globe. In turn, without the faith and fear of Holy God in their hearts, they can’t teach their children with the faith and fear of God! Then, the children grow up to love and respect the world instead of loving and respecting God!

Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

When your faith isn’t in God, you’re not serving God. And if you’re not serving God, you’re serving Satan, whether you want to admit it or not! If you’re not following God, you’re following Satan, and your reward will not be profitable for you.


Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Revelation 22:12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Jesus is but a heartbeat away right now, church. If this world stands as it is more than a few more days, I think it will be a miracle. If it stands just a few more years, then it will really be a miracle, because the lack of faith is growing, church, and growing quickly. If you go back to the book of Genesis, God destroyed the world with water because of a lack of faith! The people had no faith in God, and therefore Satan had lead them astray, just as he lead Adam and Eve astray, and the whole world had gone after the ways of the devil and not the ways of Holy God!

The world today is exactly the same! The whole world has gone after the ways of the devil and his temptations and his evil rewards he’s giving to those who follow him, and he’s convinced everyone that if they just follow their own path, their own destiny, that they can own the world! I’m going to tell you something, there’s not a man alive that can rule the entire world, because God is still in charge of this world, and he’s not going to let a mortal man take over!

You say pastor, Satan is the prince of this world! That’s right, he’s the prince, but the King outranks the prince, and the time is coming when the King is going to remove the evil prince from the throne and sit on the throne that is rightfully his as the King of kings and Lord of lords, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending, which is, which was and which is to come, the Almighty!

And then, those who have lived with no faith in Holy God and the Son he sent to die, and the Spirit that came to guide us after Christ arose, they will find themselves out in the cold. Cast into hell. Burning in flames, lost in the darkness for eternity. It’s too late, then, church.

Faith is what it’s all about! Faith is what we have to have in order to communicate with God. You can’t be saved without faith. You can’t grow in the word without faith. You can’t have your prayers answered without faith. You can’t receive a blessing from God without faith. You can’t spread the Gospel and be a witness without faith. You can’t serve God without faith. You can’t live forever without faith.

Paul quotes David in Romans 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

Church, your table will have what you choose to put on it. Your table will either be filled with good things and blessings of God, or it will be filled with the rewards of this world that you earn and work for to put on it. That table, church, if it’s filled with worldly goods, will be a snare, a trap and a stumbling block, and you’ll get your recompence for what you put on that table.

Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Faith. Without it, you have nothing. And you’re running out of time to put that faith where it belongs.