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presser_kun said:Your siggy says . . .
He Looked beyond my fault and saw my need.
Perhaps that's the best answer to whether or not the Bible is true, or God exists, or any of these questions that plague us endlessly.
peace,
press
i think faith is a very big thing but not easy to grasp in the beginning of our lives. but after we start excercising faith & trust in God, then we begin to see things clearer.
some things we just dont know & we see different possibilities. when that happens, i put those things i dont understand off to the side for awhile & then over time they make a bit more sense, if we keep the right approach & a good attitude.
in one place the bible says "above all thy getting, get understanding"
so we keep seeking for truth with the right attitude & we will find many truths. i personally dont feel it is possible to know everything about everything while in the flesh. OTH, i also think it is possible to become obsessed with certain issues & get off track on the things that are important, i.e., the things that make a difference 'now'.
For example take this verse in Hebrews. One day it hit me out of the blue. i have always known the definition of faith, but when i put the NOW into it, i came to realize that it meant faith right now. not tomorrow or next year, but right now. that is when we find the substance that faith is about & i call it 'NOW FAITH'.
Heb11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
then i learned, i can have faith in myself & in others before i see them achieve, so it was not hard to have faith in things that i could not see but trust that the outcome would be sufficient. of course this does not happen over night but it surely does grow over time. so faith is very important & i believe faith is a truth.
then when we can't understand it all, He looked beyond my fault and saw my need- i learned that His grace is sufficient.
then in this verse it explains how, when we dont have faith we cant please God but when we do seek Him, He is a rewarder if we are diligent & dont stop seeking. so this is true also to ourselves, because we cant please ourselves if we dont have faith in ourself. so, for the things i cant understand, i cast those things upon Him & just trust that God knows what He is doing & come to find out that He does know what He is doing.
KJV Hebrews 11:6
6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
then this verse explains one way to get faith:
THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS FAITH
KJV Romans 10:17
17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
i also think we would make a pretty good team doing apologetics because you have an sincere approach & i think you use an honest heart.