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The <strong>Power</strong> of Believingnot have great knowledge or do wonderful works.They were offended by Him, would not listen to hearenough to believe when He spoke, 'and thus sufferedfrom apistia, unbelief.In the critical Greek texts the word used <strong>for</strong> thesecond of the two types of unbelief is apeitheia.Apeitheia refers to those who have heard but stillrefuse to believe what they have heard. To illustrate,if I have heard enough of the Word of God that Icould be saved but refuse to believe that Word ofGod, I have apeitheia.Noting Romans 11:30, we find this type of unbelief,not <strong>for</strong> an individual, but in reference to Israeland the Gentiles as nations.58Romans 11:30:For as ye in times past have not believed[apeitheia] God, yet have now obtained mercythrough their unbelief [apeitheia].The Gentiles had heard but refused to believe, as itstates in Romans 1:21, "Because that, when they [theGentiles] knew God, they glorified him not asGod...."Again Hebrews 4 clarifies this apeitheia type of
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