Why does God not just show himself?

[Zeena]

God gives Faith

 

[KCDAD]

God gives Faith

Well that sounds all well and good, but how do you explain Jesus telling his disciples if they just had faith the size of a mustard seed... etc... God didn't give them faith?
It sounds great to say God gives it.... but I don't see how it has any meaning.

 

[Zeena]

It has meaning in that we do not set about creating our own faith, but that we receive the Faith of Jesus, the risen Lord!

We receive His Faith by the faith that God gave us initially to come to Him..
We give to God with measure, and He gives back without measure!

Mark 4:23-25
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

 

[KCDAD]

It has meaning in that we do not set about creating our own faith, but that we receive the Faith of Jesus, the risen Lord!

We receive His Faith by the faith that God gave us initially to come to Him..
We give to God with measure, and He gives back without measure!

Neither of those verses has anything to do with getting or giving faith.
Mark is about hearing the word, and Luke is about being generous.

 

[Zeena]

Mark 4:23-25 is relevant..

Matthew 13:15
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Romans 10:14
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

In Light of these Scripture, as pertains to Mark 4:23-25;

Mark 4:23-25
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

God is the giver of ears that hear

And, in Light of the parable of the talents, speaking of Faith given by God, and the increase of which..

It's totally relevant

 

[RichardE]

I'm christian yet I have never rejected scientific studies or works, I am a full supporter of science and its progress.

The Bible does not have to conflict with science as you make out, it can be easily balanced, many scientists on both sides of the fence will argue points but will never come to a conclusion.

Some people who put the Bible ahead of science are not exactly rejecting it. They are simply saying they trust the word of God first before they trust the word of man, this has no harm aslong as science is not prevented from evolving and working on its required use, to make our lives better and give humans healthier lives.

I myself put science and my faith in the lord as a balance, they never go against each other, one is a great bieng who gives me some guidance and help, the other teaches me how the world works and helps in form of my medicine.

 

[Zeena]

The evidence for God is there for ALL, with or without Bibles, to whomever the Lord should call

The Scriptures are God's given word to His chosen people!

 

[Zeena]

Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Isaiah 46:9-11
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Psalm 37:37-38
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Jeremiah 12:1-2
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

You are reigning like a king here, and without God at that! This is your recompense, mine is in Heaven as well as on earth! Jesus can be your lot too, should you chose Him!

Matthew 7:13-14
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

John 14:6a
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way

 

[KCDAD]

I just do not understand people that just assume everything they read in the Bible is actually true and should be taken more seriously then science.

"Don't believe everything you read"

A Japanese saying goes: "if you believe everything you read, you better not read"

 

[MethodMan]

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