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Average Joey · #9 (**permalink**) 05-12-2006, 08:58 PM

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Originally posted by Jeff_Bartel

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Originally posted by BobVigneault
The verse is speaking of the OBJECT (things not seen) of our faith, not the faith itself. Our faith results in assurance that Jesus is Lord and that our invisible God has raised him from the dead. These are things we cannot see but know that they are not only true but suitable as a foundation for our entire system of belief.

In my experience, a "blind faith" usually means that people can believe something without actually understanding it. This is impossible. Faith is not an "implicit faith" as the Roman Church-State says it can be, but it includes the understanding of the object. Also, the "blind faith" idea usually stems from a free-will view of regeneration, and so people are asked to "step out in a leap of faith." This is obviously Arminianism at its finest. Faith is not blind, for when we have faith, the scriptures say that we can now SEE! Those who do not have faith are the blind ones, and hence we have the blind leading the blind.

Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, "œFor judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind."

This falls into line with the "culture christians" running around in America today."How long have you been a Christian?"Answer:"Since I was born.""What does being a Christian mean?"Answer:"I believe in Jesus""What does it mean to believe in Jesus?"Answer:"Look,I believe in God,okay!"