RE: If evidence for god is in abundance, why is faith necessary?
November 8, 2017 at 12:52 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2017 at 12:54 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 8, 2017 at 12:30 am)Haipule Wrote: The "Church" says "faith", the bible does not. The bible only asks us to "trust--pistos" God in His promises of abundant life through followship. He NEVER asked anyone to "believe" blindly, in the original autographed language, God only asked that we trust His leadership. Any 'imagined' "faith" is completely useless and anecdotal.
However, what the church has done with "faith" is inexcusable! God NEVER asked for "blind faith", He asks us to trust Him with eyes wide open to His power guaranteed by all that He has made! NOT grace! NOT English Eph 2:8 "by grace", but Greek "to-thee joyous favor"!
Funny, how I would be booted from a Christian Forum for saying that. Yet, possible welcomed here!
Only to His glory, Bill
Asking for trust before earning it -is- asking for faith, and asking for trust after showing that you're untrustworthy is asking for blind faith. The hebrews trusted gods leadership..and look at what happened to them, hell...the greatest jew that ever lived got strung up on a stick, to hear the story told...and a few centuries later someone took one hell of a crack at finishing the job. No thx.
Welcome aboard, though.
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