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Terms Concerning

Salvation

Faith - Belief in accepting as true that the work of Christ is sufficient for salvation and belief in placing your trust and reliance in Him for salvation.

Joh 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Act 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

 

Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Rom 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Personal Opinion:

Faith has to my mind a rather strange aspect.

It is something different from scientific, logical belief such as a geometry proof or a mathematical computation, things which at root are true by definition.

Such belief is either 100% or zero.

Faith in spiritual matters takes place in an arias where people using logic can come up with differing conclusions.

I have to admit that my faith, while I would like to think it is also 100%, is more like, and the only image that comes up is looking at my self in those mirrors at a clothing store where I see myself face on and in a rear view in the opposite mirror and a smaller view head on in the view from the mirror opposite of the mirror I am looking into head on etc., etc.  I have to assume it goes on forever getting smaller and smaller but I can't actually prove it by sight.

Does that mean I have to have faith in my self that I have the proper amount of faith in Jesus?

My guess is no - Jesus said all it takes is faith the size of a mustard seed.