Heb_11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Mat_12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
No tunics...No shroud...No apparitions of Mary...
For you, maybe..
Isn’t That Special!
Ain’t You Precious!
Sorry, but the Shroud, being something that has been perhaps around since the Resurrection is not a modern "sign" or "wonder" but something Jesus Himself left behind. St. Thomas, the doubter, had to put his hands in Jesus' side and in his hand wounds, to assure himself that it was really Jesus. . . and Jesus did not condemn him, he merely blessed those who did not need to do that.
Exactly....this is just one more idol...
Why look down on fellow Christians?
Romans 14:4
I have no faith in faith. I want all the apparations and shrouds I can get my hands on. We won’t send a person to jail without sufficient evidence, yet we’ll give our lives to God with a fraction of sufficient evidence. Amen.
I think it has more to do with humility.
Iscool, God works in us His salvation. We are human and He understands that we may need help to believe. Even when we do believe He can use anything He wants to increase our faith. Non of us cannot use greater faith.
The verse you quoted says "the evidence of things hoped for, which means that God gives proof for His existence and His willingness to intervene into our lives and to be our hope. The Bible is proof.
My sister has a left leaning friend whom we have loved and witnessed to for years. She has only been minimally interested in our message to her. After watching the show with the information about the shroud in it the other day, she was taken back and poured out to my sister that she never really understood the terrible, terrible suffering that Jesus took for us. She told my sister that she is often brought back in her mind to meditating on just what Jesus went through when He died for us. She is a fairly caring and tender hearted person and was completely taken back and deeply considerate over Jesus' suffering for us. This is a very good thing. We have loved, prayed for and witnessed to her for years. God used the information about the shroud to move her heart to core and to highlight how much Jesus suffered for her and loves her. Praise The LORD!!!