To: Gamecock; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; HossB86; ...
When I was first a Christian, someone warned me to be sure I was putting my faith in the right object.
It was that I shouldn’t have faith in my faith, but I should have my faith in Jesus.
I found that a very interesting concept, one that I still remember, over 35 years later.
11 posted on
11/21/2014 2:30:16 PM PST by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: metmom; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; ...
Romans 10: 17... Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. ...
14 posted on
11/21/2014 2:39:54 PM PST by
WVKayaker
(Impeachment is the Constitution's answer for a derelict, incompetent president! -Sarah Palin 7/26/14)
Big Lutheran AMEN!!!
The Pharisees prided themselves on their "good works"--i.e.,observing the law. But Jesus raised the bar so high that EVERY ONE "falls short of the mark" in PERFECTLY keeping God's commands, especially when it comes to loving God with all our heart!
Thank God--literally --that He sent us His Son to obey the law perfectly, and thus bear for us the penalty we ALL deserve because we can never perfectly obey it.
16 posted on
11/21/2014 2:54:38 PM PST by
milagro
(There is no peace in appeasement!)
To: metmom
>>It was that I shouldn’t have faith in my faith, but I should have my faith in Jesus.<<
Amen! All too many put their faith in their works or deeds.
18 posted on
11/21/2014 3:03:27 PM PST by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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