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1 | Believing in Faith | Heb 11:1 | NightJay0044 | 160651 | ||
Hi, okay, I've been thinking abou this all day, and it's about Faith. I want to see if people can understand where I'm coming from, or correct me if I'm wrong. But as I'm understanding that faith is something that "YOU" believe in right? Not something your friend believes in that you want to believe, just because your friend does. Faith requires "YOUR" belief not anything else, is that correct? So that is why others can't save you, only you can be saved if you believe in Jesus Christ. Because everybody is a sinner and they cannot save you, no matter how much we might not want to hear that truth, but it's only through us and Jesus we can be saved with our belief. If someone could converse that with me in there own opinion and belief, and please don't post any like biblical passages, unless it has to do with faith and what it means. So I just kind of want your belief in this matter. Thanks for your time. Jason |
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2 | Believing in Faith | Heb 11:1 | BradK | 160652 | ||
Hi Jason, The best way to explain faith, is to look at what the Bible says about it since it is our source of revealed truth:-) So, let me preface my response with the best definition of faith. It is found in Heb. 11:1: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." "As to our hope for eternity, it all rests on the faithfulness of God's promise. if there be no God; or if His promise be not true, then we have no foundation whatever for hope; all is baseless. Everything, therefore, depends upon the fact that God has spoken, and what He has said is true. Faith is hearing God and believing what he says (Rom.10:17) The real question is not, Do we believe?, but WHAT do we believe?, or rather, WHOM do we believe?" [Great Cloud of Witnesses] Biblically, then, faith is not something that "we" believe in. Faith must have an object: Jesus Christ. In other words, we don't have faith in faith. God is the faithful One, not ourselves. Our "faith" is placed in(to) the completed work (and faithfulness) of Christ (Gal. 2:16). Remember, 2 Cor. 5:7 further tells us, "for we walk by faith, not by sight--". What we do when we excercise our faith is to believe what God has promised and done (or provided) for us through the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. In Romans, notice that it is said, Abraham "believed God and it was reckoned (accounted) to him as righteousness". (Rom. 4:3). He placed his faith in what God had promised (Gen. 15:1,4). It is the same for us. Do we believe what God has said? I hope this helps to nswer your question:-) BradK |
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