And the number of goodies God doles out — whether in the form of a lucrative job, an increased bank account or even physical healing — depends
entirely upon your faith (sometimes shown by how much you're willing to give first).
Since it is almost impossible for you, the buyer, to know what any of the puppies will grow into physically and emotionally, you must rely
entirely upon your faith in the person from whom you are purchasing your pup.
Not exact matches
John Calvin managed to invert the lesson of the passage almost
entirely: The young ruler, he claimed, had asked an inept question, supposing that one could secure eternal life through works, and thus Christ's metaphor was meant as an illustration of the impossibility of anyone fulfilling the requirements of the law, and of the need therefore for a total reliance
upon faith.
The Christian
Faith is sometimes criticized because it depends
entirely upon an old - fashioned conception of God and
upon the assumption that this little planet is the center of the whole universe.