RE: Question about "faith"
September 22, 2020 at 3:05 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2020 at 3:25 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(September 22, 2020 at 2:33 pm)Sal Wrote:(September 22, 2020 at 1:54 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Oh ye of little trust in chairs, why did you doubt me?
Perfect.
Agreed, it is perfect.
"Why did you doubt me."
The pronoun me informs you that the proposer being doubted is Jesus. His proposition was that Peter could walk on water. His merit was that he himself was walking on water demonstrating his proposition.
"'Lord, if it’s you,' Peter replied, 'tell me to come to you on the water.' 'Come,' said Jesus" (Matthew 14:28).
Finally, notice that what caused Peter to lose faith in Jesus was fear, not reason. Emotions are the enemy of faith; and faith protects reason from emotions. Or as C.S. Lewis put it: "The battle is between faith and reason on one side and emotion and imagination on the other."
"But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, 'Lord, save me!'” (Matthew 14:30)