| Faith is very often confused with belief and hope. It | | | | You cannot work this faith by going to school or |
| is neither though both belief and hope depend on | | | | reading books. No one can really teach you this. You |
| faith to operate. Faith is not seeing. It is also a | | | | have to have this. The bible says without faith it is |
| present and future issue. Knowing and doing the will | | | | impossible to please God. He who comes to him must |
| of God without faith is impossible. | | | | believe he exists. This is where faith begins. |
| Hope is very similar but is uncertain. Hope is a may be | | | | You cannot see God; most of us cannot hear him. |
| and a dream. You can work with a hope of achieving | | | | Then how do you put your faith in something that |
| something. Hope bases the outcome on human work | | | | you cannot see or hear. Logic of the humans tells us |
| and effort. | | | | you cannot. So you move from the logic realm to |
| Belief is a set of dogmas or doctrines that you base | | | | the non-logic realm. You cannot reason it. It may |
| your worldview, religion, and lifestyle on. It is mostly | | | | sound bizarre but that is exactly how it works. |
| theoretical like what do you believe etc. I believe in | | | | Jesus said unless you become like little children you |
| this and that. It is a result of study and reflection. | | | | will not enter into the kingdom of God. Their logic is |
| However, faith is simply beyond these. It is certain | | | | not like an adult. Many questions that children ask, |
| about an uncertain future. It depends on God's ability | | | | that simply baffle us. Knowing and doing the will of |
| and not human. Knowing and doing the will of God is | | | | God begins with this child like faith. |
| not possible through human logic. | | | | Children have faith in the parents. There is no logic |
| It is the nature of faith to contradict known data. | | | | invoked in their faith. As children, they have the |
| That is when it moves from the natural to | | | | innocence intact and their corrupt logic has not |
| supernatural realm. Faith defeats all human reasoning. | | | | influenced them. God is talking about that faith. |
| Logic does not work in the faith realm. | | | | Adults do not have faith in anything unless it proved. |
| When you have this kind of faith then you can move | | | | We need to see it works before we can put our |
| mountains. The bible says nothing is impossible for | | | | faith in anything. The corrupt nature from Satan has |
| those who have faith. How do we achieve this faith? | | | | infiltrated our minds. We think we have become wise |
| Knowing and doing the will of God teaches you that | | | | but on the contrary, we became fools. Knowing and |
| faith alone can bring you to God. | | | | doing the will of God will teach you that. |