the blind faith......
Why finding out the meaning of
faith?Finding out why should we believe?Many Christians when asked by
unbelievers why they should believe anything The Bible says, the most common
response is “Just have faith!” And this “just have faith” line is pretty much
the answer to every single objection one could possibly raise against the
Christian. Far too often people are turned away because of intellectual doubts
that plague them. “If God is all loving and all powerful, why does He let so
much suffering go on in the world?” “How could a loving God send people to an
eternal Hell?” “How do I know Yahweh is the one true God instead of these
thousands of other gods in these other religions that contradict Christianity?
How do I know The Bible is true and not The Koran or the Hindu Scriptures?” And
when a Christian or a pastor responds with “Just have faith” that translates in
the mind of the unbeliever as “in order to be a Christian, you need to commit
intellectual suicide.” This blind faith approach is so, so, so very unbiblical.
Many places in The Bible command us to tell others WHY Christianity is true.
Finding
out what the Bible says about faith is very important. Why? A few reasons come
to mind: Knowing the true meaning of faith
and the true faith First, faith is often defined in a number of
different and conflicting ways by religious persons. If we want to know how God
defines faith we will have to go to the Bible. God's definition of faith takes
precedence over man's definition of faith. For sure there are all kinds of
faith in the world -- even the demons have faith (James 2:19) -- but only one
faith is true. If we want to have true faith (2 Timothy 1:5), we will have to
let God tell us what true faith is?
Pleasing GodFaith
is necessary to please God (Hebrews 11:6). If we want to please God we need to
know about the faith that pleases God.
SalvationFaith
is necessary for salvation (Ephesians 2:8). If we want to be saved we need to
know about the faith that saves. Fifth, there are many people who do not have
faith (John 6:64) -- at one point even Jesus' own family did not believe in Him
(John 7:5) -- and God destroys people who do not have faith (Jude 5). If we
don't want God to destroy us, if we don't want to die in our sins (John 8:24),
we must believe. Finally, there are those who have faith but they are letting
their faith slip away (2 Timothy 2:18). If we don't want evil forces to
overthrow our faith we need to know how to keep our faith strong.
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