And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.
~ Mark 6:6
It was unbelief that brought a curse on all of humanity. It was unbelief that broke up the fountains of the deep, and brought down the rain from heaven, and drowned the entire human race. And it is unbelief in the Son of God that catapults people into eternal hell. Unbelief activates divine wrath. Unbelief activates divine judgment. It is a force, this unbelief.
Since He says, ‘Where I’m going you cannot come’?” (John 8:21) And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You’re of this world, I am not of this world; therefore I said to you, ‘You will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.’” The warning that our Lord gave many, many times: “Believe in Me or perish. Believe in Me or perish.” ~ John MacArthur
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