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1 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | CDBJ | 34680 | ||
Lionstrong, I am not quite sure what you are driving at but faith in and of it's self doesn't mean anything, it's the object of faith that is important. You could have the strongest faith in the world but if the object if faulty you are in big trouble. Do you remember the challenger tragedy, when all those young brave individuals were getting on the space shuttle; they were all smiling and laughing and had the greatest amount of faith in that space craft, but it was faulty and ended up killing all of them. Was the problem with their faith or the object? The same is true Biblically speaking with regards to believers in Jesus Christ. John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. That verse answers both sides of your question. Do you remember the old adage, seeing is believing well that is true but the words (have believed) in the Greek is the aorist, active, nominative participle of the verb PISTEUSANTES which in effect is saying that believing is seeing because the action of the aorist participle always precedes the action of the main verb. |
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2 | Define Faith. | Heb 11:1 | Hank | 34693 | ||
CDBJ, good insightful post! There are indeed different gradations of faith and different objects of faith. There is a pervasive teaching in Christendom today that says in so many words "have faith, just have faith." The implication is that all one must do to accomplish the impossible is simply to have faith in faith. If I am ill and want to get well, is really all that is necessary for me to do is to have faith that I will become whole again? When I go in my car from my home to the shopping mall, will faith that I won't become involved in a traffic accident prevent me from having an accident? It was never the faith in faith alone that cured the lame or restored sight to the blind who came to Jesus for help. It was their faith in Jesus that led to their restoration, and it was Jesus who effected it. We are saved by grace through faith, but not through faith in faith; it is through faith in the only one who is able to save, Jesus Christ. It is possible to say, of course, "Oh, I have lots of faith. I have faith that I will go to heaven." It is certain, however, if that is all there is to my faith, that I'm most definitely going in the other direction. --Hank | ||||||