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Date Posted: 22:17:54 06/11/05 Sat
Author: Brenna B
Subject: Faith is Not Presumption

Faith is Not Presumption

The difference between believing "in" God and believing God is that the latter implies that divine communication has been received and that one is depending on God to keep His word. This is what it means to believe God.

The biblical doctrine that declares a person completely acceptable to his Maker through faith alone seems outlandish even to religious people. Those who have been reared under a system which insists that a just God must reward men on the basis of merit may reject the biblical concept of salvation through faith as presumption. Presumption is a sin of arrogance, a boldness which assumes something that is not true. A Christian's personal assurance of eternal life, however, has its basis in scores of God's promises to those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Faith is not trying to believe something that is untrue. Nor is faith a strong belief in something we desire. This is not what the Bible means by faith. Faith is not hoping; it is believing that God will keep His promise to us! Since Jesus declared that "the work of God" is performed when a person believes in the One sent by Him (John 6:29) our assur ance of salvation cannot rightly be labeled as presumption. Such persons are merely complying with the divine command to believe in His Son. The result is that all spiritual blessings become the inheritance of those who dare to believe God.

by--Nick Kalivoda

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