RE: Do you see any benefits to religious faith?
September 10, 2016 at 10:46 pm
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2016 at 10:50 pm by Arkilogue.)
Here is the problem with "modern day faith"
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
No amount of belief makes substance or evidence, not from yourself means NOT FROM YOUR SELF. It is a gift OF God.
"Just have faith" is then a meaningless statement. It would be like saying "just have a promotion" or "just have health".
It comes out of a fundamental misunderstanding of how these things operate.
The negative consequences of losing this definition in our spiritual journey/operation, to meaning "really really really strong man-made belief to the point of ignoring all else", cannot be overstated.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
No amount of belief makes substance or evidence, not from yourself means NOT FROM YOUR SELF. It is a gift OF God.
"Just have faith" is then a meaningless statement. It would be like saying "just have a promotion" or "just have health".
It comes out of a fundamental misunderstanding of how these things operate.
The negative consequences of losing this definition in our spiritual journey/operation, to meaning "really really really strong man-made belief to the point of ignoring all else", cannot be overstated.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
