What is Faith?
Today in a conversation with a friend. we found ourselves talking about Faith. When there is a knowledge of things there is no faith. I stated something that we have in the Bible Dictionary about faith. It is a principle of action and of power.
It is really interesting to see what faith really does for us. The first time we ride a bike, or go to school, we do it with an idea that all will be well, however, what we forget when we have done that thing is we no longer have faith in it, we have knowledge (I apologize for the run on sentences, I have limited time to do this).
Faith is the power by which the universe was created. The power by which the earth took form out of darkness and void was done by faith. Moses brought the children of Israel through the dead sea on dry ground.
My friend asked me if he could quote me on this and use it in his church sundayschool lesson and to help minister to a friend who is beginning to ask the “life” questions… Who am I?, Where did I come from?, What is the purpose of life?. The same questions that every human being asks him/herself. It is not unlike our first days away at college, the though goes through our head, “What am I doing and what have I gotten myself into?”
We cannot have a knowledge of anything without the trial of our faith, in other words we need to use it, make the effort and then learn from the experience. That is how we put faith into action. Without it nothing can be done that is done.
Hope these words are as good for you as they were for my friend. I know that faith is a difficult principle to grasp as it is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen which are true (Hebrews Chapter 11).
I know that Jesus is Messiah. We needed his intercession on our behalf, because, even if we are of the chosen nation (Judah) we still must approach in faith before we can receive the witness or the knowledge of the truth. He loves us and He paid a dear price for our progress. We only need do as He has done to experience what He experienced.
Jeremy
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