We are almost at the half way mark for Lent 2014.
My blog this year seems like Christianity 101. That would be a fair assessment in going back to the basics, but I needed to do that. Yeshua ha Mashiach (Ioseos Christos, Jesus the Messiah) is obviously the foundation of Christian faith. When his name was translated to English the Greek parallel was commonly used, making him Jesus Christ. He is the cornerstone, the solid Rock, the One on whom our faith is built. He is Truth.
We begin there in getting back to basics. It is the foundation of belief, and belief requires faith - but even that is a gift from God. Sometimes we say with the man in the story in Mark 9, "Lord I believe. Help my unbelief." We aren't super-heros. We occasionally falter in our faith, but Faith is what keeps us hanging on, and both in God's Word and through the testimonies of His faithful followers we see faith lived out, and faith fulfilled.
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Romans 10:17.
Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that rewards those who diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6.
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