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Dave in Tenn:
"Faith" and "belief" are most often the same word in the original. It's a word(s) and not just a bible-word. People "believe" in any number of things. Yes, there are specific "things" that I am "required" to believe. If they didn't happen, then my "faith" is in vain/for nothing. It certainly involves, then, an intellectual agreement that something is true. That's the basis for faith. Faith itself, however, is also (even mostly) forward-looking.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is an assumption of what is being expected, a conviction concerning matters which are not being observed;"
Heb 11:1 And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
see the rest of that chapter for examples.
--- Quote from: lareli on July 30, 2018, 11:15:26 AM ---My question was more about the definition of “believe” as in the way Dave used it.. “scripture requires me to believe in the death burial resurrection of Jesus Christ”
When you say “believe” do you mean an intellectual agreement that something is true? As in you believe that 2000+ years ago there was a literal man who literally and physically died, was buried and came back to life physically and literally?
Is this what scripture “requires”?
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lareli:
Sorry for the confusion.
I’m not so sure that “belief” or even “faith” have so much relation to what I think is true or real as much as they have relation to what I act like is true and real.
ML:
Sorry for my confusion.
Are you trying to say that you don't think these things are true, but you like believing them because how it affects your life?
Wanda:
--- Quote from: lareli on July 31, 2018, 04:59:27 PM ---Sorry for the confusion.
I’m not so sure that “belief” or even “faith” have so much relation to what I think is true or real as much as they have relation to what I act like is true and real.
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I like this comment.☺ It was worth the confusion.
lareli:
--- Quote from: ML on July 31, 2018, 05:31:05 PM ---Sorry for my confusion.
Are you trying to say that you don't think these things are true, but you like believing them because how it affects your life?
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I’m saying that my life is the embodiment of my beliefs. My life will reveal to me and to God what my true beliefs are.
In his mind, Peter believed that he would never forsake Christ.
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