no one answered this right, the last time I asked. What is the key to faith?

Question

other than Jesus.

Jesus said to peter, ye of little faith. So what do u have to have in your mind, to have great faith.

all examples of faith, but no one hear walks on water. Why? the little faith?

Answer 1

Complete conviction.

Answer 2

This was taken from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which has a very vast data base on all things addressed in various philosophies.

"Faith and reason are both sources of authority upon which beliefs can rest. Reason generally is understood as the principles for a methodological inquiry, whether intellectual, moral, aesthetic, or religious. Thus is it not simply the rules of logical inference or the embodied wisdom of a tradition or authority. Some kind of algorithmic demonstrability is ordinarily presupposed. Once demonstrated, a proposition or claim is ordinarily understood to be justified as true or authoritative. Faith, on the other hand, involves a stance toward some claim that is not, at least presently, demonstrable by reason. Thus faith is a kind of attitude of trust or assent. As such, it is ordinarily understood to involve an act of will or a commitment on the part of the believer. Religious faith involves a belief that makes some kind of either an implicit or explicit reference to a transcendent source. The basis for a person's faith usually is understood to come from the authority of revelation. Revelation is either direct, through some kind of direct infusion, or indirect, usually from the testimony of an other. The religious beliefs that are the objects of faith can thus be divided into those what are in fact strictly demonstrable (scienta) and those that inform a believer's virtuous practices (sapientia)."

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Answer 3

I think I understand what you mean. "Faith" is such a hard concept to fathom... even when you DO have it.

How do you get faith? Faith develops naturally as you experience the spiritual. It develops as a result of loving parents who never shattered your ability to believe (I missed out on THAT one!) Faith is a sincere, heart-felt belief. I guess, in order to have faith in something that you weren't raised with, it needs to make sense to you.

To develop faith you need to look at the big picture. Gather information wherever you can, and try to give people the benefit of the doubt. The Mormons have this in their article of faith "We believe all things, we hope all things....". It is a quote from Paul in the Bible.

Develop an attitude of belief... just believe everything. If you can make sense of it, it will stay in your mind. If it doesn't make sense, and isn't true, you will forget it.

Edit: I don't think you're arogant because you didn't get the answer you wanted... My guess is, you weren't looking for "the right answer" you were just looking for one that struck a chord with you. Have any struck a chord yet?

Answer 4

You don't need "Great Faith". Jesus taught all we need is faith the size of a mustard seed. We also must forget we are intelligent and educated adults that know everything. We must approach God and salvation as little children.

And finally, and most important, we must ask the Holy Spirit to guide us and teach us what we need to know. Its by God's grace we acquire faith and salvation. We bring nothing to the table. Its all a gift from Him.

P.S. You added:
all examples of faith, but no one hear walks on water. Why? the little faith?

Jesus also taught us, during His temptation in the desert, that we are not to ever "test God". When you start testing God and try to "hold His feet to the fire" to prove He Is... we start getting into serious trouble.

Answer 5

The Word of God. The key to faith is to know that you have God's Word and that you have heard from the God of the Word. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by The Word.
(God has not told me to walk on water. If the need arose and He told me to do so, then faith would rise and I would be able to do so. I can't foresee that happening because, as far as I can see, it would serve no useful purpose for the Kingdom. But all things are possible with God. We must hear from HIM first however for faith to be activated).

Answer 6

"No one answered this right." Wow, can you say BIGOT?

There's two types of faith....the more literal one you can find in a dictionary, where you can have faith in yourself or anything around you. (Look it up).

And then there's religious and/or spiritual faith, in which you have faith in a god/ gods/ etc.

And it doesn't have to be Jesus!!! I am agnostic, but I don't look down upon those with a strict faith. No faith is wrong, really. All religions are essentially based on love and morals.

Answer 7

Peter failed Jesus and hid. He did not believe. Faith transcends thought. It is an act of abandonment. For instance the christian martyrs gave their lives in the name of their faith. Peter hid.

Answer 8

The key to faith for me has been to practice what I believe to the best of my ability and the more time goes by, my faith increases as God has given me understanding, guidance, love, discipline and examples of His work in me and those around me.
Thank you for asking, and it is okay to be humble...telling us all that we didn't meet 'your' expectation of correct answer is a wee bit arrogant, a character defect that God can remove if asked!

Answer 9

what is Faith?
assuming u mean "believe"...
then key to faith = key to believe = trust

so how to trust?
1) blindly
2) through time (observation & knowledge gained on the subject, by asking and learning, seek and you shall find, ask and you will be answered)

the former is the road to fanatism,
the later is a way to a strong foundation.

Answer 10

I still have to say Jesus. Faith w/out works is empty.

Answer 11

Faith is basically believing in things which are not seen, but which are true. Also, when you have faith, you must also have HOPE.

You must also be willing to believe. You can't say, " I want to have faith but I do not want to believe!" And yeah, faith w/o works is dead.