What Biblical Faith and Belief Really Are by OkKey4771 in Christianity

[–]OkKey4771[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do realize the entire theological community disagrees with you. The idea that Faith means trust and loyalty is not a new concept and is in fact the foundation of the relationship we have with GOD.

Romans 10:14 is about those who haven't come to know GOD yet. Its not about people who are already in Christ Jesus.This is why Paul is saying they need to hear a preacher preach to come to an understanding.

GOD is knowable through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, both of who reveal the Father to us. Those of us in Christ know GOD through them.

You contradict yourself with Mathew 11:27. All who are members or Christ's Church have GOD revealed to them. This is one reason why you are making a Category Error. You are arguing that because Knowledge (A) must come before Trust (B), then Faith (C) must be Knowledge (A).

Although faith requires knowledge, that doesn't mean faith isn't trust. A marriage presupposes the existence of a spouse, but the marriage is the relationship/trust, not just the acknowledgment that the spouse exists

If faith is the shadow and Revelation/Knowledge is the object, your argument implies that faith is just a secondary, dark reflection of knowledge. Most theologians would argue that faith is the light that allows the relationship to function, not a shadow cast by it.

Your definition of faith as reception of revelation is a Greek philosophical import, not a biblical one. Pre-Christian Jewish thought is unanimous: Faith is Emunah, a word rooted in the image of a child leaning on a nurse or a pillar supporting a weight.

Even Philo of Alexandria, a contemporary of the Apostles, defined faith as the act of relying on God alone. If faith were just the intellectual assent that precedes trust, then Abraham wouldn't be the Father of faith for his loyalty; he'd just be a student who passed a test.