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nonson
hi nonson, nice to hear from you. i am not a scholar of the bible so bear with me. the giving of faith is supported by scripture if i understand it correctly.
rm 12:3 "according as god halth dealt to every man a measure of faith." Icor 12:9 in speaking of the giving of spiritual gifts "to another faith by the same spirit."
if i understand the bible, and that's a big if, when you hear and accept the WORD you have faith. the word is christ and christ is faith. gal 3:2 "...received you the spirit by the works of the law (mosaic convenant), or by hearing faith (convenant of grace, christ)?" gal 3:23-25 "Before faith come,(before christ came) we were kept under the law,(condemned by the law because we could'nt keep it) shut up unto faith which should afterwards be revealed. wherefore, the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to christ, that we might be justified by faith. after faith come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."
so my line of thinking is when you hear and accept the word, (christ) you are should have faith. but....in ot there are several examples of men of faith. were did they get their faith? it had to be given by the spirit of god. when job was being tested, it wasnt his patience that was being tested, it was his faith. so the only conclusion i can draw as to why someone doesnt have faith while believing in the scriptures, is because that person has looked inside themselves and seen their unworthiness. the scriptures are a testimony of saving faith. had noah not had faith in what god said and built the ark man would'nt exist today. nt is filled with people being healed because of their faith.
*point of interest, there were 2 convenants the mosaic and the convenant of grace. when the tablets were written they had to be written twice. the first set was broken by moses. is this symbolic?
anyway, my head is spinning. i feel like one those dogs you see running in circles chasing their tail. thanks for your input, it made me dig out my bible which i had'nt done for a long while.
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