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 Hebrews 3:12 <br><i>
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of You an Evil Heart of Unbelief , in departing from the Living God .</i>
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How does a person ~depart from God~? By reading or Hearing the Word and not Believing it. By blaming God for Evil , for Sickness and Disease . By impuning His Character . By denying the Perfection of Christ`s Sacrifice for Healing .
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You can`t ~depart from God ~ unless you have been ~with God~. So, this Word is Speaking to Christians - people who have Received Christ as Saviour .
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Why would a person ~depart from God ~ who is in Christ ? Not intentionally but by Deception .
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 Satan never tells a Lie which is obviously a Lie . He tells Lies that sound like truth and seem reasonable.
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Unless a Christian allows his Mind to be Transformed into the Mind of Christ he is DoubleMinded . He has the old Creature Mind and the New Creature Spirit .
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Being DoubleMinded is an unstable state . It will eventually go one way or the other.
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All Christians are BornAgain DoubleMinded . On Receiving Christ our SinNature is replaced with a NewNature by God`s Spirit . This Enables us to Choose the Good and eschew the Evil . It Gives us Power over willful Sin because God`s Law is written in our Hearts .
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However remembrance of the SinNature is still in our Minds . All we ever experienced is still locked up in our Minds . Our Minds are still captive to the SinNature .
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Though carnality is the obvious battleground between the SinNature and the NewNature it is not the most important one!
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God has judged Sin once and for all in Christ . Any Sin we commit after we Receive Christ is just a hindrance - it causes us to suffer in the Physical Realm .
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The most important battleground for a Christian is between Faith and Unbelief .
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 Hebrews 11:6 <br><i>
But without Faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must Believe that He Is , and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently Seek Him.</i>
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This is not a frivolous statement. It is stating a Spiritual Law that must be observed for Abundant Life to Manifest . Abundant Life is what Christ purchased for us . Receiving it and operating in it pleases God . 
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Remember, what is in our Mind will eventually Settle in our Heart . So, it is imperative that our Minds be Transformed as soon as possible,
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Transformed to what? The Mind of Christ.
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Failure to do so will result in us staying in a DoubleMinded state which leads to having an EvilHeart of Unbelief .
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Many Christians Live out their Lives in a DoubleMinded state . They Believe in Christ Jesus for Salvation from Hell . But they Refuse to Give up their Carnal Mind which resists Faith and holds firmly to Sight .
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 James 1:6-8 <br><i>
 6 But let him Ask in Faith , nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. <br>
7 For let not that man Think that he shall Receive any thing of the Lord . <br>
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.</i>
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Do You Hear ? Singleness of Mind is critical to Receiving anything from God .
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Keep in Mind that this is God`s Word . It is not negotiable. We ignore it at our own peril.
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 Unbelief is a Sign of a closed Heart . A closed Heart cannot Receive the things of God .
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An open Heart is one which Trusts the Word of God without reservation.
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A closed Heart is an EvilHeart of Unbelief .
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An open Heart is one which Believes in the Love of God and fully expects whatever God has promised to Manifest .
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Adults gravitate toward a closed Heart - an EvilHeart of Unbelief .
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 Matthew 18:3 <br><i>
and said, Verily I Say unto You , Except ye be Converted , and become as little Children , ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven .</i>
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 Jesus is telling us that we can Only experience the Blessings of Grace ( access to the Heavenly ) if we become as little Children in terms of Faith . Children are trusting. They Believe what the Parents say.
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 Evil is ~profoundly immoral~. Unbelief is ~not Believing ~ . So an Evil Heart of Unbelief is one which is determinedly resistant to Pure , unadulterated Faith in God .
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Anyone who discounts the Word of God in Favor of their own Belief System has an EvilHeart of Unbelief .
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Is God offended by such an Heart ? As our Heavenly Father His Love for us is unaffected. He is disappointed because we cut ourselves off from the Flow of Grace in our lives.
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Decide today to Believe what the Word Says and distrust anything that conflicts with it.
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 Romans 3:4 <br><i>
 God forbid: yea, let God be True , but every man a Liar ; as it is written, That thou mightest be Justified in thy Sayings , and mightest Overcome when thou art judged.</i>
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