Sentences with phrase «true test of our faith»
Really, the true test of our faith is how it works itself out in love, and love for our neighbour.
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They can «study» their religion, but it still comes down to faith in the teachings, and personal experience, neither of which can ever be meaningfully tested true or false in any kind of objective way.
Near the beginning of the section «Our Theological Task,» the report states that «our theological task is critical in that we test various expressions of faith by asking, Are they true?»
I consider myself a christian, with religious knowledge and general knowlege, however I do not hold to a set of views dictated by an organized religion, I believe the organized religions are where we have gone wrong, as someone pointed out earlier to most «religious people» to question ones faith or organization is wrong but that is exactly what the bible tells us to do... test ALL things to see what is true.
Those who do test their faith in the crucible of human experience do become certain that the witness of the Scriptures, rightly interpreted, is true and the God that Jesus proclaims as Loving Father, not the Cosmic Bully proclaimed by the Pharisees, is the True true and the God that Jesus proclaims as Loving Father, not the Cosmic Bully proclaimed by the Pharisees, is the True True God.
Since faith is the act of trust in and loyalty to God, it can not be reduced to doctrinal tests, for they misdirect it and therefore divert one's vision from the One who is the source of all true faith.
Maybe God planted the Bible as a test of faith, and everyone who takes it literally as 100 % true is failing?
For those who must believe in a god, what if there is indeed a god but his true test, which hasn't been revealed in any faith / book, is whether or not you exercised your free will during your time on the planet to believe in any of the various faiths / books of hate and intolerance that man created?
Every believer ought always to be examining the content of his faith, ought willingly to undergo this test; because it is only the faith that is «unprotected» by some intellectual or sociological reinforcement that is true faith in God in Jesus Christ.
Despite the challenges and tests life has to offer — from marriage or lack of marriage, children's choices, poor health, lack of opportunities, and many other problems — they remain remarkably strong and immovable and true to the faith.