I'm finding that I have a real aversion to Christian lingo. I think it has to do with my disdain for cliche's. You know how a word loses it's meaning if you say it a whole bunch of times in a row? Try it once if you don't know what I mean. Say the word 'boat' over and over until it loses meaning and is just a word...Okay, cliche's are the same way. There must be truth in them or they wouldn't be said all the time; right? When I hear a cliche that has lost it's meaning to me I try to reword it in a way that has meaning, or at least break down the current wording to figure out what it really means.
I want to take the phrase 'faith in Christ' and look at what it really means. When I hear/read that phrase my brain associates it with believing that He exists...I think that is a wrong association...You would never say that you have faith in a friend to mean that you believe they exist. You would say it in that way to mean that you believe that they can/will accomplish something. So, if I say I have 'faith in Christ', I must mean that I believe that He will accomplish (or maybe has accomplished) something...?
Just a thought...
4 comments:
This made me think of Hebrew 11:1 which I was just recently reading.
Faith in Christ would be being sure of what He has done for us. I like the idea that its more about what has been accomplished than just that He existed. Because its more than just Jesus being here, but more about what He DID while he was here that matters.
Thanks for your thoughts... glad I ran across them.
Thanks for the comment. It's nice to know someone read it...God Bless.
yes, Christian clinches, what fun.
More than what we believe, or what he has done for us, he calls us "friends". Wow, to be a friend of God!
John 3:29-30
29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30He must become greater; I must become less.
John 15:15-17
15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17This is my command: Love each other.
love your comments/thoughts and grateful that you found the need to write them. So many people have an incorrect perception of faith. He wants more from us than just believing He existed, He wants our trust/love/hearts
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