tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post8952613653072351369..comments2023-08-01T20:14:02.890-04:00Comments on Thunder Sounds: Taking What I'm Given, Jesus Worked for My LivingSLWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-18019025971215163772009-10-14T15:45:15.659-04:002009-10-14T15:45:15.659-04:00To my regular readers,
It took some doing, but I&#...To my regular readers,<br />It took some doing, but I've discovered that the language in question was Japanese and after some difficulty, obtained translations for the comments. They were apparently instructions for lewd and lascivious behavior! So they have been zapped, and now I know for future reference.<br /><br />Hopefully, no one has been offended by this irritating prank/hack/spam attack. Who would have thunk it? I am sorry.SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-82403063552559260192009-06-18T13:13:42.703-04:002009-06-18T13:13:42.703-04:00Peter,
Thanks for the response.
Quick question: d...Peter,<br />Thanks for the response.<br /><br />Quick question: did you mean to type "Faith involves the whole order of the Father's fulfilling of his promise to <i>Abraham through Jesus</i> rather than, "Faith involves the whole order of the Father's fulfilling of his promise to <b>Jesus through Abraham</b>?" I thought you probably did, but I didn't want to assume.<br /><br />I actually like your perspective. It's broader than I had in mind for this post (I was focusing on a matter of practics from the narrow perspective of our daily living), but it possesses its own practical encouragement. Our faith experience was modeled by Christ, the trailblazer extraordinaire, and ours fits within his like a hand in a glove. Jesus certainly walked in absolute confidence in his Father, which allowed him to give without thought, pray with certainty, and do all the Father planned for him. As he walked so can we, because his experience pours out into ours through the Spirit he's given us. <br /><br />It still seems to me, however, that at some point, as faith in Christ is initiating, it has to rest fairly squarely on us, although not independent from the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Once we're born again, then I see the clearly the beauty of what your comments point to.SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-55259104723525499392009-06-18T12:13:34.709-04:002009-06-18T12:13:34.709-04:00Kutztown,
I liked your post, but thought I'd ...Kutztown,<br /><br />I liked your post, but thought I'd add a comment to "Faith is about us. It's our response to God, etc."<br /><br />Paul speaks not only of "faith in Jesus Christ," but also of the "faith of Jesus Christ." Faith involves the whole order of the Father's fulfilling of his promise to Jesus through Abraham and Jesus' faithfulness as the Righteous One who takes on the curse in order to break the power of law, sin, and Satan. We, as believers, participate in his faith as he is the representative archegos of God's ekklesia.<br /><br />There is no faith divorced from Jesus Christ.Peter Smythehttp://petersmythe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-20785342419551597652009-06-18T10:07:30.272-04:002009-06-18T10:07:30.272-04:00Steve,
Thanks for stopping by as always.
Faith se...Steve,<br />Thanks for stopping by as always.<br /><br />Faith sees God's response as a foregone conclusion, and has confidence in him.<br /><br />May neither of us ever lose it.SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-57793657734468816972009-06-18T08:10:48.250-04:002009-06-18T08:10:48.250-04:00From Ian Wallis - "The faith of believers can...From Ian Wallis - "The faith of believers can never be dissociated from the faith of Christ. It is his faith which makes the faith of others possible and enable them to participate in its inheritance." <br /><br />Faith isn't just about us. It is all about the Father's Plan of Redemption and Jesus' faithfulness to that Plan.<br /><br />(just my two cents)Peter Smythehttp://petersmythe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-42034839705377586732009-06-18T01:35:01.984-04:002009-06-18T01:35:01.984-04:00Amen!
Faith (trust) in what He has already done f...Amen!<br /><br />Faith (trust) in what He has already done for us. Trust in what He is doing for us. And trust in what He will yet do for us.<br /><br />St. Paul tells us that faith is a gift of God (by His grace).<br /><br />It blows like the wind and goes where God wills.<br /><br />I pray that I never lose it.Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com