1 Corinthians 13:13 Faith, Hope and Love

[GodsGrace]

Did you notice that everything you named will still be applicable in the World to Come? (Though BELIEF THAT GOD EXISTS will become a belief justified by direct observation.) And that the others all involve TRUST in a person or persons, such as trust in God, Jesus, the biblical writers, the church fathers, any influential teachers....?

All those things in the list will exist.

Except they won't exist BY FAITH
but by reality being lived.

Depends how you understand faith.

Do you believe faith means believing in God without seeing Him?

or do you believe faith means you know for sure, 100% certain that God exists?

Most theologians will say that we cannot be 100% sure that God exists,,,this is why we
live by faith.

It's the example I've been using all along.
I have FAITH that the elevator will bring me to the top floor.
But I cannot be 100% certain that it will till I get up there.

You may not agree with this...
which is fine.


We could probably find support for either view.


To have faith: To believe strongly in something.

 

[Lambano]

 

[Lambano]

Depends how you understand faith.

If the topic of this thread is, "Will we still need faith and hope in Heaven?", I would say that it also depends on your view of what the "World to Come" will be like. Will there still be things unseen to hope for and challenges where the confidence of success is less than (and even much, much less than) 100%?

(I can't help but think of certain scenes from the movie Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country and Groundhog Day. One hundred percent Certainty in everything might not be the best thing for us.)