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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
Bible Question:
I hope I'm not out of line with this question, so if you could cut me some slack, I'd appreciate it (hey I'm a college kid what can I say). Anyway, with that aside, I must inquire of you all about faith and knowledge, and of course the infant baptism that rests in between these two. Would any of you say that there is a distinct difference between that of knowledge and faith. Can we have one and yet not have the other, or not have a lot of the other for that part. As you can see I've been having some trouble with this, I've consulted Eph 2:8-10, and other books, but so far I have yielded an inconclusive answer. It all comes to this (well sort of). If you kind of understand what I'm saying here please reply. Thanks I really appreciate it, |
Bible Answer: Well first, I believe that you need knowledge, for how can your heart love what your mind does not know? Yet, you are right in referring to Eph 2:8, in that we are saved by Grace. I believe that without the Grace of God, we are unable to have Faith. 1 John 4:19 gives onother clue, "We love him, because he first loved us." This tells me that God created us and all our emotions and curiosities are owing to Him. So there is nothing we can give or do to surprise God or earn anything he freely gives us. I do not believe that an infant can make a profession of faith that leads to its baptism. Can you have knowledge without faith? Well I would say the knowledge would be a sporadic knowledge at best, or how could we know of God without wanting to have a personal relationship with him through faith? Can we have faith without knowledge? Well, that would be a "dead" faith, for what would we actually be being faithful to, without knowing what we are seeking? Tim |
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