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Thursday, April 23, 2009Faith precedes . . .Faith precedes all grounds for its existence. It runs ahead of independent thinking and transcends upbringing.
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PAULINE: Faith is a fact of experience.
May you have a wonderful and blessed weekend!
*Beliefs are existing ideas which one holds to; 'faith' looks toward what is to come.
*'Belief' relates most to knowledge and understanding; 'faith' relates most to hope and trust.
*'Belief' may or may not imply that the believer is certain, whereas 'faith' implies a level of confidence which approaches certainty.
Is this what you mean?
I'd see the trust/hope distinction as better corresponding with present/future.
As to not trying to do God's work I'd have to know more what you mean by that. Certainly scripture exhorts us to do good works. But that could be distinguished from God's work.
In fact, from what I've seen, those who most loudly and forcefully claim to be speaking and acting for God are typically those who most obviously are not.
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