The Other-Side of Belief

  “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”

This is a favorite text of those who believe in baptismal regeneration. Saints who act before they think run to the Greek to explain their embarrassing problem, in spite of the fact they are English speaking and not a Greek.

An illustration will help here. Someone may say, “If you’ll get on the bus and sit down, you will go to Cincinnati.” But what if I get on the bus, but don’t sit down? Do I still arrive at my destination? The damned has to do with the unbelief.

Unbelief, for the sinner, is the only sin he or she can commit that will damn them eternally. But it has its effect upon the ‘unbelieving believer’ also. For the latter it has more to do with here than hereafter. Their tormented daily, as Lot.

The other side of belief is unbelief. And if the child of God chooses to live in such a state of disbelief, there awaits them a life of frustration and fruitlessness. You will not see God work in your life, or on your behalf for loved ones.

“And he could there do no mighty work...because of their unbelief.”