RE: [TruthTalk] Faith and Works

[Slade Henson]

I haven't hear it put quite that way before Slade… Chutzpa? I understood it is meekness that comes through faith, like what Moses had, and it is the faith of Jesus by which we stand since He is both author and finisher. The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth and anoints God's Word with signs following.   My comment has nothing to do with meekness or the lack thereof. I merely asked about endurance and where the endurance comes form.   We can't know in advance Slade because faith that is seen is no longer faith. The definition of faith is "substance of things hoped for"   It seems you’re advocating blind faith. I do not. In fact, I teach and will continue to teach in such a way to concretely show that God exists, that His word is true and accurate, that He came in the flesh to solve our sin problems, the He died and was raised again. Blind faith is not faith, that’s a drinking party waiting for a Jim Jones. The “substance of things hoped for” is not blind faith. Why did Avraham have faith in God? Because God kept His promises in the past and Avraham KNEW God would maintain the status quo and keep them in the future. THAT is the substance of things hoped for.   It's works that are tried by fire and we are supposed to be doing the works of Jesus in His Name - We are in the fire as we speak most especially me. I have a 4-yr-old granddaughter who the devil is trying to kill with one of his blessings... and my daughter and son-in-law are being taught that sickness is a blessing from God and that the halt sick and maimed will get greater rewards in heaven. I can't find it in God's Word because my Bible says that "Jesus came to do good and to heal ALL who were oppressed of the devil for God was with Him” My Bible also says that Jesus' followers are to do that same works that He did and greater. Are these happening at your Church Slade? Judyt   I have no idea what you’re asking, but I will try to give some kind of answer. Maybe I’ll providentially touch on it anyway. Works are motivated by faith. Faith becomes the cornerstone for the Works. Without Faith, there are no [living] works. Try the faith, and the works are tried. Try the works and the faith is tried. Do not call what haSatan has “control” of a blessing. Call it what it is. Sickness is not a blessing from God (Torah says it’s a curse because the world is full of sin)… what occurs through our endurance (stronger faith) IS a blessing, though – or at least I think so unless my logic is off-kilter. Jesus also came to bring a sword – and a sword He brought. I see that sword even here on TruthTalk. I disagree; He did not come to heal ALL who were oppressed. Through the healings, He was able to prove He was Messiah and God in the flesh (one way of many, that is). If He came to heal ALL, there would have been no sickness in Judea when He left. Oops… there were still leper colonies. I see miracles each and every day; I am even the recipient of many. The greater deeds are those we do as a community