Archippus

What sort of faith does the Bible encourage? Is it blind or informed? If the former, how does one know it is properly placed? If the latter, is it really true faith, or logic?

Verses are encouraged to back up opinions.

atrhick

Well there are plenty of examples how the faith thing works. below I have give you some verses for you to think about... but in order for you to understand what God has for you; you first must know his will, and to know his will you need to hear the word, and by hearing the word you gain in faith.

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

Below is a example you can use in your everyday life.

Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Agreed.

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Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Boanerges

Also agreed!

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Archippus

All right then: I think informed faith is best, out of necessity. But I do not have particular verses that explain this, and I do not know if the Bible is really clear on the distinction.

Charles Kamau

Faith:
Faith

Dusty

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Dusty

A faith and a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

“[The Narrow and Wide Gates] "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”- Matthew 7:13-14

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Rom 10:17
(ASV) So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
(ISV) Consequently, faith comes from listening, and listening comes through the word of Christ.
(KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
(LITV) Then faith is of hearing, and hearing through the Word of God.
(MKJV) Then faith is of hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.


So faith comes from reading, meditating on and soaking oneself in the Word of God.

But even then faith is a gift. Not something we can earn through our own efforts.

Faith comes from God, is a gift to us and grows as we get to know Him better. Note I did not say get to know about Him but rather get to know Him.

Eph 2:8
(ASV) for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
(ISV) For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God
(KJV) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(LITV) For by grace you are saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;
(MKJV) For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,

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