Just believing? Living the Faith? A Faith-Hope-Love unity?A work of Grace that only God and the particular believer can discern? Faith that works through Love? Or What?
2007-06-13 13:43:52 · 5 answers · asked by James O 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Saving Faith" is the gift of faith that is given only by the grace in the waters of of Holy Baptism. It's NOTHING we can get on our own - it is all a gift of God. Only God can give it - and - it is given in the Sacrament of the New Birth, Holy Baptism.
Anything else would be Pelagianism, not Christianity.
2007-06-13 13:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Timothy 1:4 warns that myth and endless genealogies are in opposition to God's work, which is by faith. Faith recognises human rights, simply on the basis that humans are humans. It does not seek to determine what's what by means of analysing family histories. Empathy, for example, seems like a funny thing, as described by secular educational literature. You can't know what it's like for anybody else. It's impossible. People literally are advised to "scream out" their anger. It's not going to leave you that way. Faith has to do with love as it trusts that love will produce the best results, even though we live in a world of fear. 1 John 4:18 says: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
I have been through times of trial in regards to the way I was raising my children. I was impregnated the first time at the age of 8. When I did have access to my kids, I taught and disciplined my kids from the Bible out of hope that they would recognise my genuine interest in the quality of their future be aware of the idea that there is such a thing as personal wisdom. This world seeks to recognise some public figures as being purveyors of wisdom, but the Bible shows that it is within reach of everybody and patience is necessary. (Proverbs 29:20) So is submission to the due authorities, such as parents, governments and husbands. It takes faith to realise that God does save even when big-time celebrities criticise your love for your children as weak and misguided. At the end of the day, there is nothing we could do to prove our own righteousness. God makes it grow. Adding to the Bible with secular philosophies about why people have behaved the way they do is not growth in Christ. (Colossians 2:8, 18, 19)
2007-06-13 20:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by MiD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is what conects you to God and his son Jeasus Christ.
If you don't believe than you won't prosper, and (this happened to me) you'll feel as if there's a little piece of you missing. Don't think for a second that Faith isn't important cuz it is and allways will be.
2007-06-13 20:49:31 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. I fear no false God.
Why in the world would God be so bored as to view and pass judgement on me? You are responsible for your own actions.
2007-06-13 20:54:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/salvation_formula.html
and http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/qfaith.html
2007-06-13 21:45:35 · answer #5 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋