{"id":493,"date":"2023-03-28T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinaxis.org\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2024-03-26T17:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:44:23","slug":"%cf%84%ce%bf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sinaxis.org\/en\/%cf%84%ce%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"493\" class=\"elementor elementor-493\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adfa0ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"adfa0ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a8f3f9\" data-id=\"0a8f3f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f9b7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"55f9b7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8965d0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"8965d0d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76c7295\" data-id=\"76c7295\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d84d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d84d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAITH<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-923537b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"923537b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffeb8bb\" data-id=\"ffeb8bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c0fe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"55c0fe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa9f520 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"fa9f520\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de87aac\" data-id=\"de87aac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a56e8da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a56e8da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">When we refer to faith, we have in mind something that may incorporate human sight and logic, but that also extends itself well beyond such boundaries. We could also say that faith is \u201cexercised\u201d in the direction of something or someone higher than ourselves.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">In the spiritual realm, faith follows 1 of 4 divergent paths.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">--<b>\u00a0PANTHEISM:<\/b>\u00a0suggests that everywhere and everything is \u201cgod.\u201d While pantheists would insist that any expression of faith necessarily leads everyone to the same end, that end can only be a \u201cgod\u201d that is in no way distinct from any other aspect of experience \u2014 and, therefore, essentially no god at all.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">--\u00a0<b>POLYTHEISM:<\/b>typically supposes that variant expressions of faith are merely a function of variant localized determining influence. Therefore, many Greeks today suggest that while we rightly understand from the Bible that god is Christ, others \u2014 in Bahrain, for example \u2014 can just as legitimately derive from the Koran that god is Allah \u2026 or if you are from the Far East, you may know god as Buddha. Moreover, if you grew up in Greece, polytheism simply posits that Christianity suits the character of the Greek better.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">--\u00a0<b>AGNOSTICISM<\/b>: is an expression of faith that has two basic variations:<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">-\u00a0<i>empirical agnostics,<\/i>don\u2019t entirely rule out the possibility that grounds for belief in God could exist<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">-\u00a0<i>absolute agnostics,<\/i>deny that evidence for the existence of God could ever reasonably manifest itself. While somewhat distinct from each other, each of these renditions of agnosticism exalts unaided human reason as the only true \u201cgod,\u201d because it alone, can be the final arbiter of what can and cannot be.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">--<b>\u00a0MONOTHEISM:\u00a0<\/b>true monotheism insists that there is one god, and one god only.  The three most pervasive monotheistic religions are: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">Of these three, of course, Biblical Christianity is the only one that embraces Jesus Christ as both 100% man and 100% God.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">We have now spoken some of what \/ of who, exactly, is the object of our faith. As Christians (that is, as followers of the risen and living Christ), we place our faith in the triune God, Jesus Christ, Himself, being the second person of the Godhead. Jesus Christ is fully God and occupies an equal position with the other two persons of the Godhead (God the Father and God the Holy Spirit). Moreover, analyzing what true faith in God looks like can only be done as we gaze through the lens of the Holy Scriptures.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">Hebrews 11:1<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">\u201cFaith is the assurance of what we hope for, and the certainty of what we cannot see!\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">Faith, therefore, means that while I do not see God, I believe in God and am certain of His promise that He exists in me by means of the person of the Holy Spirit (that precious Holy Spirit who is promised to dwell within every person who has consciously chosen to place their faith in Christ).<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">Also, faith means that in addition to trusting in Christ as the one and true God, I also trust in Christ the Living Word of God as the very founder of my faith that is anchored in the very written Word of God, the Bible. In the pages of the Bible, we see that man chose to distance himself from God; in order for our relationship with God to return to its originally intended intimacy, we must each repent of our sin and turn to Christ for forgiveness and reconciliation. But for forgiveness to occur, we must in faith embrace the sacrifice of Christ on the cross as the only acceptable and just payment for our sin, so that we can then be fully reunited (reconciled) with God.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">Faith, therefore, means that not only do I understand with my mind that Christ alone can be my savior, but that I also fully trust with my will this living Christ who being such bless was faithful to His mission to take our sins upon Himself and die a sacrificial death that justly rescues from sin and death every person that places his or her faith in Him.<\/p><p class=\"p1\" style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\">Consciously repenting from sin and self is then the trigger of the true saving faith that renders a person a child of God; 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