To Live Nailed To The Ground
As I ponder the
word believe, I am impressed with this word as the
central point in the scriptural necessity for
salvation and access to the Grace of God. After all,
is not this an action of the mind? Consider how
powerful this word is which derives form a source
called “faith” given to each person.
We read in Hebrews chapter eleven about all those who died without having received the promise, such as Abraham. Our access to God’s grace is modeled from and is a result of Abraham’s belief in God’s promises. In fact, Abraham’s belief is the single thing that was used by God as criteria for judging Abraham a righteous man.
I know what you are thinking, “it is not that simple”. I must point out that it indeed is not simple in execution. I also must tread upon a widely held concept that the only thing you have to do to obtain salvation is to “believe” or accept the existence of God in Christ and the Word of God (well, maybe parts of it anyway, according to some). There is a religious proclivity in our age for the fast and simple solutions which are more digestible for a microwave society that prefers a diet of lightweight over the more important and thought provoking and life changing aspects of reality. God’s word is a deep, deep source of the most powerful and life changing information on this planet we call Earth. It is a source of folded knowledge where the revelation of the truth is a function of the Spirit of God working through us as we read its pages of reality. After obtaining a kernel of knowledge from a passage of scripture, we are sometimes surprised that another period of prayerful contemplation brings new insight into the meaning and relevance of that same passage. People nowadays want the condensed version of the Bible.
Let me provide a set of words that are derived from the Hebrew word aman translated in the Old Testament. This word “believe” is an abstract word, which is not a function of the five senses. All Hebrew concepts are derived from concrete concepts that are a result of an action or thought from the five senses. Aman is a parent root verb that means to support and is translated in various.........click here for the full blog
We read in Hebrews chapter eleven about all those who died without having received the promise, such as Abraham. Our access to God’s grace is modeled from and is a result of Abraham’s belief in God’s promises. In fact, Abraham’s belief is the single thing that was used by God as criteria for judging Abraham a righteous man.
I know what you are thinking, “it is not that simple”. I must point out that it indeed is not simple in execution. I also must tread upon a widely held concept that the only thing you have to do to obtain salvation is to “believe” or accept the existence of God in Christ and the Word of God (well, maybe parts of it anyway, according to some). There is a religious proclivity in our age for the fast and simple solutions which are more digestible for a microwave society that prefers a diet of lightweight over the more important and thought provoking and life changing aspects of reality. God’s word is a deep, deep source of the most powerful and life changing information on this planet we call Earth. It is a source of folded knowledge where the revelation of the truth is a function of the Spirit of God working through us as we read its pages of reality. After obtaining a kernel of knowledge from a passage of scripture, we are sometimes surprised that another period of prayerful contemplation brings new insight into the meaning and relevance of that same passage. People nowadays want the condensed version of the Bible.
Let me provide a set of words that are derived from the Hebrew word aman translated in the Old Testament. This word “believe” is an abstract word, which is not a function of the five senses. All Hebrew concepts are derived from concrete concepts that are a result of an action or thought from the five senses. Aman is a parent root verb that means to support and is translated in various.........click here for the full blog
