Faith looks back, notices the magnificent love of God in Christ, turns to the future,

and on the basis of that secured love and promise, banks its hope on these promises,

purchased at Calvary.

That's the life's faith.

If that's the life of faith, what does it mean to fight to believe God's promises?

In other words, what does it mean to battle unbelief?

That's the question John Piper answers from Romans 4 20 to 21 in this episode of Light

and Truth.

This sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church on September 11, 1988.

The conviction behind this series is that all sinning, whether attitudinal or in behavior,

comes from one thing, unbelief in the promises of God.

The taproot out of which sprouts, all the weeds of sin, is the taproot of unbelief in promises.

Unbelief in the promises of God.

Let me list some sins off for you to show you what I mean.

Anxiety, misplaced shame, indifference, regret, covetousness, envy, lust, bitterness, impatience,

despondency, pride, all of these are sprouts that grow from the taproot of unbelief in the

promises of God.

Let me illustrate now from a familiar text why I think unbelief is the taproot of all

sinning.

You all know this text by heart, even if you don't know the Bible.

It's 2 Timothy, you know, 1 Timothy 6-10, the love of money is the root of all evils.

Love of money is the root of all evils.

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