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What a Christian Believes
What of those who have not heard about Jesus?
Romans 1 v20 'For since the creation of the world, God's
invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature -
have been clearly seen, being understood from what has
been made, so that men are without excuse.'
Where men and women truly seek after the living God, He
will respond by 'finding them'. Because God loves FAITH.
There is very great substance to Faith. Hebrews 11 v1 'Faith
is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.' or in another translation it says 'Now Faith
is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we
do not see.'
But the word or term - FAITH has become very
misunderstood.
Some use the expression blind faith suggesting that it is
believing in something that not only cannot be seen but has
no tangible substance.
Others have likened it to jumping over a wall or a cliff without
knowing what is on the other side, hoping God will somehow
catch them.
Another sense is holding an opinion in good faith, without
necessary reference to any proof.
There have been christians who have seen 'having faith' as a
means of seeking God to have their desires met, irrespective
of whether those desires were personal appetites or the will
of God.
In treating Faith as formular to satisfy self and it not seeming
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