Friday, October 24, 2008

Faith is Everything


Is a person truly alive if he or she has abandoned all faith...faith in God, faith in life, faith in man? What part of our identities does faith play? How can the abandonment of faith be the equivalent of death? Or can it?


If a person has abandoned all faith then they are not truly alive; they are alive in body but not in spirit. The reason for our answer is because if you do not have any faith in anything, then your soul is dead. Therefore, your spirit is dead because you just go through the motions not believing in anything.

Faith plays a different part in each person's identity. For instance, if you are a Christian, your actions and thoughts should reflect that you actually do have a relationship with Christ. The Bible tells you to act in a certain manner and if you truly believe, you will do what it says. Those who truly believe will show through their actions that they honestly do keep the faith because if not, they will fall away at the first trial in their life. For those who do not have a strong belief or do not believe they will do less for Christ. You should be able to tell through anyone's actions whether they are faithful people or unjust servants.

If you abandon your faith then you are spiritually dead. Therefore, you have nothing to live for. Although your body is alive, everything else is dead, whether you think it or not.

If you do not have faith, it is possible to gain it. You are not born with faith, it is something you decide you need in life. All you need to have a close relationship with Christ is the want and desire to love are serve him. If you have this, everything else will take care of itself and you will have a pure life.


Posted by: Tyler Abma, Ryan Morris, and Josh Harlow

7 comments:

Jackie G. said...

I really like what you put in your response. For example "Those who truly believe will show it through their actions that they honestly do keep the faith because if not they will fall away at the firs trial in their life." and that statement is very true at least I think it is.

Nikki W. said...

I like your group post. I think that you are dead in spirit if you don't believe in faith. I like the sentence "If you have this, everything else will take care of itself and you will have a pure life." I thought it explained everything well. Good Job!

Jack Marie said...

I agree with you guys when you say that you're not truly alive without Faith. Your body is still alive, but your spirit is not there, it's dead! I agree 110% when you say that! Your post had a lot of description and was very good! :)

Shelby Lynn said...

I liked the line "If you abandon your faith then you are spiritually dead. Therefore, you have nothing to live for. Although your body is alive, everything else is dead, whether you think it or not." This was a well thought out post. Nice description!

Siebz said...

I agree with this post, and I really like the section on the part of the Christian. I agree that with that part a 100%. Also, I also agree with that if you abandon faith, that you are spiritually dead. Great post.

Kyle said...

I like the sentense, "Although your body is alive, everything else is dead..." I agree with that sentense very much. Good post overall.

Andrea said...

I also like that sentence. It is strong and to the point, very true. Great post!