Man, Faith and God

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What people value in their God, they value in life. Today, this might mean men can conclude that if they are right, they, too, have the right to be dominating. That may show itself in physical cruelty, but also in the subordination or exclusion of women. Just as a body can be dead or living, a dead faith (without works) and a living faith (with works) cannot coexist in the same person. The dead faith is a sign of an unchanged, spiritually dead heart. Faith without works is dead because it does not reveal the transforming work of the Holy Spirit manifested in the fruit of righteousness in a person’s life ( Ephesians 5:8-10; Philippians 1:9-11). (excerpt by Joel Ryan, "What Does James 2:26 Mean by 'Faith Without Works is Dead'?") Key Bible Verses about Faith

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Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? The man who accepts the life of faith, credere in Deum, re-acts to the action of God in revealing himself, it is his “yes” and “amen” to God, with all that may or may not come with that action. In undertaking this voyage of faith into God, the person begins a dynamically divine drama of life and love between himself and the Godhead. The person grows in an inward awareness of who God is and becomes gradually more conscious of the nuptial unity between himself and God. He begins to perceive God’s being and discern His mind. The person becomes more alert to his own self and to God’s image within him. Restless to find answers to his questions and the foundation of his life, man is called to accept the divine hand, marked by the brutality of the Cross, which is offered to him. Called into this intimacy with God, man’s only adequate response is one of adoration. He begins this existential adoration through an act of faith.

This has gone hand in hand with a reassertion of women’s rights, to the benefit of both women and men. As Being itself, God is not static but there exists a constant activity of transmission between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Persons of the Trinity are distinct Persons; however, as divine Persons their distinctness is one, not of essence, but of relation. God the Father, therefore, is not merely spoken of as a symbol of fatherhood or as being “like a father,” but as being Father. So with the Son as Son, and with the Spirit as Love. The relation is of the divine essence and inseparable from it. To divide the essence from the relation is to make the relation a creature and to cause confusion in the understanding of the divinity. As a Family, the Godhead’s relationality is central to himself and to the dynamism and veil of mystery that surrounds him. Application Question: Why is it so important for the man or woman of God to flee sin? Are there any specific compromises that you are especially vulnerable to? The Man of God Pursues Godly Character

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Another way the Bible teaches that Jesus is God is by showing that he has all of the attributes of God. He knows everything (Matthew 16:21; Luke 11:17; John 4:29), is everywhere (Matthew 18:20; 28:20; Acts 18:10), has all power (Matthew 8:26–27; 28:18; John 11:38–44; Luke 7:14–15; Revelation 1:8), depends on nothing outside of himself for life (John 1:4; 14:6; 8:58), rules over everything (Matthew 28:18; Revelation 1:5; 19:16;), never began to exist and never will cease to exist (John 1:1; 8:58), and is our Creator (Colossians 1:16). In other words, everything that God is, Jesus is. For Jesus is God. Specifically, Jesus Is God the Son Believing in Jesus means receiving Him for all He is ( John 1:12). It means confessing Him as Savior and yielding to Him as Lord. In fact, Scripture often uses the word obedience as a synonym for faith (cf. John 3:36; Acts 6:7; Hebrews 5:9)." When man surrenders in faith to this Word, he begins the slow process, often marked by tension and pain, of purgation, illumination and deification. The Word, which is alive and active cutting to the marrow (Heb 4:12), gradually transforms the person, allowing him to become more fully himself in Christ. Concurrently, the person grows in wisdom, which is the ever-expanding, widely promiscuous grasp and retreating resignation to the truths of faith, as well as their application in the many aspects – familial, political, moral, social – of his life. These reciprocal actions of the Word and of man rely on one another and neither of them can occur without the other. Man’s act of faith, initiated by grace, begins and permits this development and remains the hinge upon which it all rests.What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.] As he freely surrenders more to God and enters into Him, the person becomes more fully himself in Christ by allowing grace to heal his wounds from sin and evil and to actualize his potential in virtue, talents and even personality. The person truly becomes consciously transformed into a new creation. Standing as himself, the person is shown his dignity. He realizes that he holds a privileged place in the cosmos as a child of God by adoption, and therefore is the summit, focal point and crown of God’s creation. He sees how he is a reflection and, in a sense, is the glory of God. What is the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? God, because he is love in his inner life, processes love within himself. The activity between the Persons is one that is Love and that shares Life. The Father begets the Son and the Love between the two is the Holy Spirit. This co-activity, this inter-subjectivity, is the mark of the movement within God, and the exemplar to all creation of its own nature and final destiny. In religious contexts, it can be associated with appeals to the authority of the Bible above reason and reasonable love, whether in church communities or in the home.

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For men, how they saw themselves shaped how they saw God, and they saw God shaped how they saw themselves. This also had implications for how they saw women. Jesus is the exception This view is unbiblical because it demolishes both Christ’s deity and humanity. For if Christ’s two natures mixed together, then he is no longer truly and fully God and truly and fully man, but is some entirely different kind of being that resulted from a mixture of the two natures. Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works…What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? Faithfulness could mean dependability. The man of God is trustworthy in his endeavors. His yes means yes and his no means no. Or it could mean “faith”—daily depending on God as we abide in him and seek his face (cf. John 15:5). The man of God knows that on his own, he can do nothing, so he constantly abides in God’s Word and prayer. He has great faith in God. Are you pursuing greater faithfulness and greater faith? As a person becomes more conscious of God, himself and the relationship between them, he is called to cast off the spirit of the world and to renounce sin. To the extent that he does this, he will be able to spiritually see, hear, taste and touch God (1 John 1:1-2). In this growth into God, man begins to see the unity of God extended and reflected in the analogy of faith. The analogy of faith is the coherence of truths among themselves and within the whole plan of revelation. The analogy of faith, difficult to see by those with carnal eyes and heart, can steadily be given to the mind and heart of the person of faith. The person, in entering God. starts to see, beyond the contingent differences and distinctions in this world, the connection between God and His teachings. The common divide,the “scales” of finite being, which is a part of time and space, sadly edified by sin and the social errors of the day that deny and kill the spirit, such as hedonism and materialism, is gradually diminished by grace in the person possessing the fullness of faith.

The Analogy of Faith And The Sanctification Of Man

As finite and contingent being, the human person exists within the abyss of existence as a pilgrim on a journey. In his expedition of life, with a hunger for meaning and desire for fulfillment, he has many questions: What is man? What is the meaning of suffering, evil and death, which persist even in the midst of such progress? What can people contribute to society and expect from society? What comes after this earthly life? These questions, without assistance, can lead man to alienation and despair. What use is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? Men and women of God are known by what they flee—ungodly language, ungodly entertainment, discord, sexual immorality, etc. Are you a person of God—a holy fugitive? What are you fleeing? But where people give priority to reason and the reasonable love that lies at the heart of the Christian tradition, the effect for both men and women is liberating.Some might not understand why the man of God doesn’t watch certain types of movies or listen to certain types of music. Why? It’s because he is a fugitive—he knows that sin has the ability to trap and conquer him. It is his recognition of his vulnerability that makes him strong. Proverbs 22:3 says, “A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.” This excellent illustration is consistent with the words of our Lord Jesus: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” ( John 6:63). Clearly, the determinant here is the Spirit of God.