Questions tagged [faith]
Questions about faith, belief, trust, confidence, fidelity, and/or faithfulness.
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Why are God's people tried so much?
Just why do believers have to go through so much in a lifetime; why is it the closer you get to God the more you are fought?
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What does Rom. 4:15b mean in context: "And where there is no law there is no transgression."
In Romans 4:1-15, Paul has argued that Abraham was justified by faith apart from works of the law and apart from circumcision. Then comes 4:15a, "because the law brings about wrath;" But ...
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Hebrew 11:1 Faith as a "sensor" rather than an "actuator"
In Hebrew 11:1 is written:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.
I want to ask about the following understanding of this verse, especially about the last ...
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Of the Leper and the Centurion in Mtt 8, who had the deeper faith?
We see the expression of faith by two individuals from different strata of society . First incidence is in Mtt 8:2-3( NKJV):
And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are ...
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Why doesn't Romans 10:8-9 insist on confessing of the Resurrection of Jesus?
St Paul writes in Romans 10:8-9 (NKJV):
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your ...
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What works are equivalent to the fruitfulness demonstrated in The Parable of the Talents? (Matthew 25:14-30.)
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. [Matthew 25:23 ...
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How do scholars interpret the phrase " be plucked up by the root " in Lk 17:6?
We read in Lk 17:6( KJV):
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it ...
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In 1 Samuel 30:8, After David asked for the Ephod, How did God answered David? Was it though Abiather?
1 Samuel 30:8 MSG
[8] Then David prayed to God, “Shall I go after these raiders? Can I catch them?” The answer came, “Go after them! Yes, you’ll catch them! Yes, you’ll make the rescue!”
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Why does bible claim Asa was perfect all his days when he didn't rely on God in the latter years
I'm studying different types of human heart. And my current focus is on loyal or a perfect heart.
One of the primary examples who had such a heart was King Asa as per the following verses
But the ...
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Difference between unbelief and doubt
I am trying to understand the theological difference between unbelief and doubt
Specifically the implications of doubt as opposed to unbelief. The result of unbelief (or faithlessness) is clear on the ...
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Why did the Israelites leave Egypt which was a land they had to water by foot, to a land that drinks water from the rain of heaven, Deut. 11:10-11?
10 `For the land whither thou art going in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence ye have come out, where thou sowest thy seed, and hast watered with thy foot, as a garden of the green herb;...
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Why must the stone be rolled away? [duplicate]
Why must the stone be rolled away from the well for Rachel (lamb) to water the flock in Genesis 29:8, from Lazarus (God is my help) in John 11:39, and by Jesus (God is salvation) in John 20:1?
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Is the parable of two sons about faith with works or fruits of repentance?
Matthew 21:28-32 NASB1995
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he ...
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Does it take courage to have faith according to the book of Revelation?
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, ...
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How does Rev 14:12 depict the role of the three elements — call for endurance, keeping the commandments, and faith in Jesus in our salvation process?
Text: Revelation 14:12 (ESV)
Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the
commandments of God and their faith in Jesus [fn: and the faith of Jesus].
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