Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Belief and Believing

Just a few more thoughts on belief and believing. I was listening to an mp3 of Mike Williams of Gospelogic recently and I wrote down a couple of things he said that stood out to me.

He said:

“Belief based in threat is no belief at all.”

“There is no evidence that you are a believer if you believe that the threat of punishment stands from God to you if you don’t believe.”

“Empowerment comes when you realize that you don't have to be a believer and you decide to be one anyway based on the evidence that you have.”

“We are the responders.”

“Jesus redeemed us so that we could become believers. He didn't require belief so that we could be redeemed.”

“It is ludicrous to think that man could validate the work of God and make it verifiable through his own belief.”

“God has got to be God on His own without man's help.”

This Gospel of grace and peace has brought freedom to my soul that is growing every day. It continues to amaze me.

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