Myth and Faith - 16

Myth: Whatever we believe that is true to us, if you do not believe that is your own interest, but it is true to me, because I believe it. 

Faith: Faith is actually based on substantial truth, not just because we believe in it.

Faith is actually believing the unseen as it is mentioned in the bible in Hebrews 11:1

According to this verse faith is the proof of fact that things which are hoping for exist actually and we are waiting for them to be revealed.

If we observe every human being, belonging to whichever religion (except athiests) believes God is there, He hears us, He will oversee our lives, He will keep us safe, protect us etc etc. 

If we consider a doctor treating a critically ill person, untill when the body is responding to the treatment, though there are minimal signs of improvement, the doctor keeps working, and when the body stops responding he says "no faith". In this case, the ground of faith can be understood as the all the processes in the patients body that work towards healing. That means they are what the word "faith" of the doctor are based upon. Just as functioning of these complex processes forms the basis of "faith" in case of a patient, faith in God must also be based on something substantial and real. But understanding God maybe a highly specialised task just like a specialist doctor understand the patients response.

It is just like the "theorem and the converse" If the theorem is that 'radius of a circle is the distance between the centre to any point on periphery', the converse is 'if you draw a shape connecting all points with equal distance from the centre it becomes a circle'. Likewise if 'faith in God' is the theorem, then 'existence of God himself' is the converse.  

So God is a pre-existent being, not created after the human race came into existence. Therefore it always wise to rever God for what He is actually, but not for what He is for us/what He did for us. If we are trying to give him to a particular form, that means we are trying limit him into a form, where true nature of God is infinity, No Begining and No End. That is why  it is important to develop faith in God himself and worship him truely instead of anything else or anyone else, and God shall reveal himself in due time for those who seek him, from any sort of faith/religion.

Man believes there is God, but not able to appreciate the true God. Thus many came in the name of God, some true and some false, some misleading, but the purpose of human life is to connect with the God who actually is the author for the soul he is carrying. Just as a lay man cannot understand the pathophysiological condition in a patient except the specialist, a human being cannot appreciate the truth of God, without special introduction.

Myth and Faith-15

 Myth: If you commit one sin nothing happens. If you are not able to stop doing some sin, you can do untill it wont harm you. It is all in the control of one's self.

Faith: Committing sin in like harmning ones self and needs a deliverer/redeemer.

Let us first try to understand this concept of sin.

Sin is like... when u are doing it you may or may not face it's consequences...but you are always vulnerable to its consequences once u are into it. You may get to face it's consequences immediately, or after sometime, or after still little more time....or you may even not encounter the consequences at all too...but once you enter into it, you are vulnerable to the consequences. 

It is just like a person's liver may fail in a very short span after starting drinking, or even after drinking for a few years, or he may not get a liver failure at all. But he is vulnerable to liver failure. The chances of a person facing the consequences are 100% compared to a person who don't commit the sin, but the probability of facing the consequence is 50%(may or maynot have to face the consequences), but same all through the time the person commits the sin. 

This indefinite concept of sin is comparable to that of falling down the bottomless pit in the Bible, to relieve from which God himself should come into this world to remove and give solid rock to stand upon to those who commit sin.

And this very concept of consequences of sin showing up is indefinite, people commit sin fearlessly. In other words, people will have their time until they face the repercussions, or until they come face to face with the consequences either to stop doing it or to repent for it. If the person repents about it and turns to Jesus at any time before his time is up, Jesus is ready to forgive, and such is the Love of Lord Jesus. When it is said that He is able to forgive even the worsest sinner, it means how big is the sin and for how long the person committing the sin, if he turns to Jesus, repents about his sin and acknowleges sacrifice of Jesus and grace of God, God forgives him. 

Trying to stop doing sin on ones own is dependant on ones will power and, if he cannot withstand the temptation, he falls for it again and again. Getting washed/rid off is the only way to come out of the sin, for which, there is no promise in this world except the precious blood of Christ Jesus shed to redeem the mankind from this sin.  

After being washed in the blood of Jesus, the person may still have to face the repurcusiions for his sins he committed in past, but his soul is redeemed. Other wise his soul is doomed to eternal hell.