{"id":236,"date":"2024-07-30T01:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/source.wpopal.com\/thegreen\/well-bring-the-flowers\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T09:09:39","slug":"c21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/c21\/","title":{"rendered":"21 : Faith\u2019s Firm Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"236\" class=\"elementor elementor-236\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-421ad8f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"421ad8f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b8f7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65b8f7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/c20\/\">Previous<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/autoplay\/\">Continuous Play<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/c22\/\">Next<\/a><\/p><p><em><span class=\"top_description\">Hold fast the profession of your faith<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\">Is faith logical? Yes, it is logical. It is a mistake to think that faith is opposed to reason. Faith and reason go hand in hand, but faith goes on when reason can go no further. Reason, to a great extent, is dependent on faith, for without knowledge it is impossible to reason, and knowledge is very largely a matter of faith in human testimony. For instance, I believe strychnine administered in a large enough dose will poison a human being, but I have never seen the experiment performed. Yet I have such faith in the written testimony of men that I would not take a large dose of strychnine for anything.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>If you check up carefully, you will find that most of the things you know are a matter of faith in human testimony, written or spoken, for you have not verified them for yourself. Then, having accepted the testimony of men on other matters, will you not accept the testimony of thousands of Christians when they affirm that they have verified the things written in God\u2019s Word and have proved them to be true?<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>Men will not believe, not for lack of convincing evidence of God\u2019s power, but because of the hardness of their hearts. Recall the stubbornness of Pharaoh in Exodus. The mighty acts of God wrought by the hand of Moses merely hardened his resistance in unbelief. More astonishing and lamentable was the unbelief of the children of Israel in the wilderness. Not even the parting of the Red Sea and the destruction of Pharaoh\u2019s army \u2013 still fresh in their minds \u2013 could stop their rebellion against God and Moses.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>Our faith is not founded in supposition or speculation, but on the words and works of the ever-living Christ, who reigns on high and will soon return to judge the unbelieving world. Hold fast, therefore, the profession of your faith without wavering, till He comes!<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/><i>Thought: Faith means simply believing God.<br \/>Prayer: May my unbelief be removed and replaced by faith in the one, true, living God.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/?p=155\">Previous<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/?page_id=27\">Continuous Play<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/?p=159\">Next<\/a><\/p><hr \/><p><audio controls=\"controls\"> <source src=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/download\/cd\/022_Chpt 021.ogg\" type=\"audio\/ogg\" \/> <source src=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/download\/cd\/022_Chpt 021.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/> <strong>Your browser doesn&#8217;t support this player. 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