Man, Faith and God

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My brothers and sisters, what good does it do if someone claims to have faith but doesn't do any good things? Can this kind of faith save him? Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor

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. Implication: Things that are true of one nature but not the other are nonetheless true of the Person of Christ. Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. John 1:12 “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”

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.

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But Yeshua was growing in his stature and in his wisdom and in favor with God and the children of men. These views fail to recognize a possible inward action by an agent, such as an act of the intellectual power within man: he proceeds in knowledge to understand an object. God must be understood not according to the mode of the lowest creatures, material bodies, but from the mode of the highest creatures, the intellectual substances. Although even this illustration falls drastically short in representing the activity of divine objects; nevertheless, with this understanding, procession should not be understood from what is in our bodies but rather from what is the movement of an intelligible emanation. We will look at three pieces of the biblical teaching that, while Christ has two distinct and unchanged natures, he nonetheless remains one Person.What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith save him?

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Matthew 14: 29-31 “Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’ Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’” The truths of Christ’s two natures — his full manhood and full Godhood — are pretty well understood and known by Christians. But for a right understanding of the incarnation we must go even further. We must understand that the two natures of Christ remain distinct and retain their own properties. What does this truth mean? Two things: (1) They do not alter one another’s essential properties and (2) neither do they mix together into a mysterious third kind of nature.The old story of the Knights who smote each other to the death upon the question of the gold and silver shield, each looking at it only from his own point of view, may well apply to combatants who cried so lustily for "Paul" or "James." But, now the dust of conflict has somewhat blown aside, it would be hard to prove that the Apostles themselves were ever at variance, or needed such doughty champions at all. The analogy of faith depends upon the credere in Deum in which the person has come through the propositions of faith and is now experiencing the realities of faith themselves. The person no longer sees merely a collection of truths or an organized system of immutable statements in a creed. The Creed ceases to be only a stop-sign, a requirement of belief, and becomes instead a boundlessly fruitful unity, endlessly unfolding to the eyes of faith. The person now sees – in God’s own divine simplicity – the oneness of these truths in the One incarnate Logos. Have you ever wondered how Jesus could say that he did not know the day or hour of his return (Matthew 24:36) even though he is omniscient (John 21:17)? If Jesus is God, why didn’t he know the day of his return? This dilemma is solved by our understanding that Christ is one Person with two natures. The answer is that in regards to his human nature, Jesus does not have all knowledge. Thus, in his human nature he really did not know the day or hour of his return. But in his divine nature, he does have all knowledge and thus in his divine nature he did know when he would return. Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” The relevance of these truths to us should go without saying. For they go to the very heart of who Christ is. Knowing these truths will greatly affect the way you view Christ and will make the gospel accounts of his life come more alive. As such, this understanding will deepen our devotion to Christ.

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Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Through the act of the will, moved by love, the human person is able to make and sustain an act of faith. This act of faith answers his questions and explains his awe. It places him within a complex struggle with various forces within himself and the world around him. If he stays on course and seeks the face of God, his act of faith will deepen and God will be able to work more profoundly. As the person grows in his faith, a deeper sense of God and of his own personhood is given. This unveiling displays to the person the simplicity of God himself. In his growing awareness, man sees ever more deeply God’s image in his own person, as well as his own capacity to enter into God. If he desires to enter God, he meets his mediator and guide. Christ, God-Man, who initiated the call and assistsits completion, encounters the person and allows him to enter the life of the Trinity Himself.Whatever we’re facing, we have the assurance that the ultimate gift of God will be eternal life through the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ.