8743 faithlessness, nature and causes of
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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The abandoning of a commitment to the Lord, seen in disowning him, wandering from the truth and becoming entangled with the world, and resulting in judgment.

Warnings against faithlessness

2 Timothy 2:12-13 See also Matthew 10:33 pp Luke 12:9; Luke 9:62; Hebrews 10:35-39; Habakkuk 2:3-4

Ways in which faithlessness is seen

Turning away from the Lord

Hebrews 3:12

Abandoning the gospel of grace

Galatians 1:6

Becoming entangled in the world

2 Peter 2:20-22 See also Proverbs 26:11; 2 Timothy 4:10

Causes of faithlessness

False teaching

2 Timothy 2:17-18 See also Galatians 1:7; Galatians 4:8-11; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; 2 Peter 3:17

Persecution and trials

Matthew 13:20-21 pp Mark 4:16-17 pp Luke 8:13 See also Matthew 24:9-13

Concern for money and possessions

1 Timothy 6:10 See also Proverbs 30:8-9; Matthew 13:22 pp Mark 4:18-19 pp Luke 8:14

Love growing cold

Matthew 24:12 See also Revelation 2:4

Sexual desire

1 Timothy 5:11-15

Faithlessness brings punishment

Church discipline

1 Timothy 1:18-20 These men had been excluded from the church, a sanctuary from Satan's power.

God's judgment

Matthew 10:33 pp Luke 12:9 See also Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26-27

The faithlessness of those who fall away

The absence of true faith

1 John 2:19

True faith is proved by perseverance

See also James 1:2-3; 1 Peter 1:5-7

Israel's faithlessness in the OT

Israel's unfaithfulness led to God's rejection

Psalm 78:56-59

Warnings not to repeat Israel's unfaithfulness

Psalm 95:7-11; Hebrews 3:7-12; Hebrews 4:1-2

See also

1035  God, faithfulness
1310  God as judge
8021  faith
8230  discipline
8234  doctrine
8316  orthodoxy, in NT
8459  perseverance
8704  apostasy
8712  denial of Christ
8794  persecution
8810  riches, dangers
8840  unfaithfulness to God



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