Monday, October 29, 2007
Blind Faith
Not for me. I can't accept this. If I were to apply this principle to my personal beliefs I wouldn't be a Christian. There are a lot more attractive options on offer. If it were right to simply believe in something without any evidence that it is valid then I would pick a religion which offered me a nice comfortable ride without demanding too much from me in return. Some new age twaddle that involves auras and energy lines and says we are 'all part of the cosmic order'.
God went through the sacrifice of dying for us so why would he leave us to our own conclusions when it comes to trusting Him? Blind Faith is exactly NOT what he requires. So here is the question: If you don't have solid evidence of God working through Christ in your life why are you a Christian?
Here is another one: Have you asked for him to give you evidence?
Again: If you have asked him and you haven't got an answer, why do you think that is?
Perhaps you don't want the answer. Inside you know that once you get the evidence you can't ignore it. You can't go back and nothing will ever be the same again. More may be demanded from you that you are prepared to give. If this is the case God will never answer your prayer because he loves you too much to watch you turn away from him like that. He will always give you the option not to go down that route.
If you do ask him to do something extraordinary, and have the courage to mean it, God will leave you in no doubt about what you should do. You wont need blind faith.
God went through the sacrifice of dying for us so why would he leave us to our own conclusions when it comes to trusting Him? Blind Faith is exactly NOT what he requires. So here is the question: If you don't have solid evidence of God working through Christ in your life why are you a Christian?
Here is another one: Have you asked for him to give you evidence?
Again: If you have asked him and you haven't got an answer, why do you think that is?
Perhaps you don't want the answer. Inside you know that once you get the evidence you can't ignore it. You can't go back and nothing will ever be the same again. More may be demanded from you that you are prepared to give. If this is the case God will never answer your prayer because he loves you too much to watch you turn away from him like that. He will always give you the option not to go down that route.
If you do ask him to do something extraordinary, and have the courage to mean it, God will leave you in no doubt about what you should do. You wont need blind faith.
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