And how much of it do we have to have?
people believe in all manner of things for the strangest reasons, even in religion of sinners who cannot know God [according to scripture adn common sense]... for God is Love, so faith in God is faith in Love .. any sin is unloving abuse of others , so is not faith in God but faith in Satan :-
1 John 3:8 He that
committeth sin is
of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
few people have faith in God in this life [Matt 7:14] and the rest are destroyed [Matt 7:13] , but countless many are later saved [Rev 7:9-10] so we know destruction even of this whole created universe has no impact whatever on the spirit as it is of God, and from which all men are resurrected, all freed from hell [despite popular myths of sinners to the contrary based on a simple obvious mistranslation in scripture] ... again Jesus says so -Rev 20:13 ... so men are not all saved at once , and God knows full well in advance that few will have faith in Him , in Love, in tHIS life , indeed only tens of thousands [Jude 1:14], so only one in three million alive today is actually a Christian, one of His , not one of Satan's, a sinner all their life ...
I have been pondering this all of my life. I have always asked God to allow me to keep what faith I have and to give me more of it..........daily.
not much to ponder, simply admit to oneself whether one chooses to Love all folks or continues to sin against them...
Faith, to me is believing that Jesus and his message of eternal life is real to the best of our ability.
no, faith is vain, empty, unless one Loves all folks always ,as Jesus comands, it is not about failure to Love, sin abusing others for one's sick amusement, fun, profit, greed, learned habits , getting sex, getting money, whatever ...
James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead?
if one's Love does not cause one to Love then clearly it is not Love at all, just words, empty words...
James 1:22 But be ye
doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
But there is always going to be a doubt, as there is never a 100% faith factor. Even Jesus said if we had the faith the size of a mustard seed........
I think you misunderstood, Jesus IS the seed that grows the kingdom of God for ALL men eventually, GROWS ... it is PROGRESSIVE then NOT all 'saved' at once ... FEW are FIRST because FEW are raedy yet to CHOOSE Love, to do it despite a whole world following Saytan, following sin , not Love , including mass religion of men -Rev 13:3-4
So I'm trying to think how much faith is needed? We all sin.
You won't get far with understanding if you start with a lie like that to yourself ! ... Jesus never sinned, so we do not all sin , how important is that to show the lie that men are all born sinners which sinners say without even thinking Jesus showed it is FALSE :-
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet
without sin.
Now the very FOUNDATION of God, the FIRST step, is water baptism, CEASING from sin... so many folks give up without trying BECAUSE OF THE LIE , but why should God say one has to give up sin to be saved if it were impossible ? ... NAY , it is sinners who lie , even to themselves, because Satan taught them the lie and the believe him, have faith in him...
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
JUST FOR ONCE, read it CAREFULLY without skipping.... those who are His STOP sinning , no-one is a Christian who doesn't stop sinning, NO MATTER that a billion and more CLAIM to be Christians... as Jesus says, he WILL reject all who still sin by his return :-
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
So, 'FAITH' in God is faith to stop sinning , stop ABUSING others with sins against them and Love them instead... it is COMMON sense backed by undeniable scripture and equally it is the God of Love one mist worship in the end , not the fake god image created by satan in religion of thsi world -Rev 13:3-4- which all the world WILL FOLLOW ... how many saints have FAITH in God - Jude 1:14 - tens of thousands only in this world stop sinning, but countless many in the next [Rev 7:9-10]