Faith

Disclaimer: The following is my thoughts and opinions.  I might lead you astray...but I might not.

Definition of faith


plural - faiths


play \ˈfāths, sometimes ˈfāthz\

1. a :  allegiance to duty or a person :  loyalty <lost faith in the company's president>b (1) :  fidelity to one's promises (2) :  sincerity of intentions <acted in good faith>
2. a (1) :  belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) :  belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) :  firm belief in something for which there is no proof <clinging to the faith that her missing son would one day return> (2) :  complete trust

something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially :  a system of religious beliefs

<the Protestant faith

This blog could not be written without discussing faith.  Faith is at the core of who I am and how I perceive the world.  It is the lens through which everything else is viewed.

Let me try to summarize "my belief in which there is no proof":

1. There is one God.
2. There are no other gods.
3. God created everything.
4. God can do anything.
5. God knows everything.
6. God is in control of everything.
7. God loves every human without exception.
8. God does not love one human more than another.
9. We cannot fully comprehend His love for us.
10. The Bible is God's inspired word.
11. The Bible was written by human hands but God is the author.
12. The Bible is not 'wrong'.
13. Humans can interpret the Bible inaccurately.
14. God is three beings in one - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
15. No, I cannot wrap my head around how that works.
16. God's Son is Jesus of Nazareth.
17. Jesus is and was simultaneously human and God.
18. No, I cannot wrap my head around how that works.
19. Jesus died on a cross.
20. Jesus was raised from the dead by His/Our Father.
21. Because Jesus lived a faultless life, His death bridged the insurmountable moral gap between humans and God.
22. I sorta, kinda think I know how that works...maybe.
23. If we choose to dedicate our lives to Jesus, Jesus 'infects us'.
24. This 'infection' is an unearned, undeserved gift that must be given to us.
25. In other words, we do not earn the gift in any way.
26. This 'infection' will slowly transform us into what He is.
27. This is an all or nothing proposition.  He wants every part of us, not just the parts we want to give up.
28. What he is completely better than what we are.
29. This transformation cannot and will not be completed in this life.
30. There is no path to God except through Jesus.
31. Jesus will one day return to Earth.
32. We do not know when.
33. When He returns, the Earth will be transformed into perfection.
34. No, I do not know what 'perfection' is.

There you go.  That is my faith in a nutshell.  I have no absolute proof that my beliefs are truth.  My beliefs cannot be objectively proven.  That is why it is called it 'faith'.