[JWinNC]

"Pardon me for jumping in, and please don't be offended, but this statement sounds remarkably Catholic to me. Your faith is in Christ who has redeemed you...your faith is not in your faith."

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand your point. If it is that my faith is elsewhere than Christ, I assure not. My faith is in Christ.

JWinNC

[SoothingDave]

I'm not sure why IMRight tacked that onto the end. Rest assured that "sounding like a Catholic" is supposed to be a compliment. :-)

SD

[IMRight]

"Pardon me for jumping in, and please don't be offended, but this statement sounds remarkably Catholic to me. Your faith is in Christ who has redeemed you...your faith is not in your faith."

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand your point. If it is that my faith is elsewhere than Christ, I assure not. My faith is in Christ.

I'm not sure that I can do a better job explaining it than you just did (or than SD is probably doing right now), but I'll try.

Your faith is in Jesus Christ. You are certain that He has done his "part". You believe that you have done your "part" and have hope that you will persevere until the end (not the same thing as "hope the Redskins will win this weekend" - real Scriptural Hope. Your Faith is in Christ, your Hope is in the Spirit continuing the work He has begun and that you will remain true to Him. You have no doubt in His power to save or in the work He has already completed, but you push hard for the prize at the end of the race.

The alternative is that you place your faith in... Faith.