Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
It was in our little Bible Study group in our local church that we were discussing Paul’s words about “the shield of faith” in Ephesians 6:16 (“above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one”).
The leader of the group asked, “What IS faith? What is the definition of faith?” Different ones quoted Hebrews 11:1, “substance of things hoped for,” “key to unlock heaven’s storehouse,” “breath of the soul,” etc., etc., all telling what faith DOES, but no one defining what faith IS so we can learn how to obtain it.
“Faith is trusting God!” was the general idea, the same as the popular Evangelical leaders who believe and teach the doctrine of natural immortality. But anyone who believes that the human soul is naturally immortal is unable to understand what happened on the cross of Christ—thus automatically blinded to what faith IS, certainly so in the light of “the everlasting gospel” of Revelation 14:6, 7. Driving a Model T is better than going by ox-cart; but why can’t we “grow up” out of our infantile understandings (Eph.
The inspired apostle comes close to a definition of faith in these words: “You, being rooted and grounded in love [agape], may be able to comprehend.... the width and length and depth and height—to know the love (agape) of Christ which passes knowledge.” A thoughtful and reverent-minded author in a magazine article of
It hurts to “grow up.” But never will any church succeed in lighting the earth with the glory of “the everlasting gospel” (Rev. 18:1) until we learn to “appreciate the cost of our salvation” purchased at the cross of Christ. That’s beyond contented spiritual infants.
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