Are Beliefs and Faith the Same?

[bbyrd009]

back at it again, huh, doing the same crap, and expecting different results lol

 

[bbyrd009]

i had gotten quite comfy with this myself, and i am not denying the point as far as it goes; however, faith is a noun for a reason i guess. Belief has several definitions, the ones posted earlier. i have faith, and i also have beliefs.

beliefs that i need to get rid of, in order to be open to the truth in whatever area the belief addresses; otherwise i must hold on to my "belief" as being "truth," when it cannot be

 

[Helen]

beliefs that i need to get rid of, in order to be open to the truth in whatever area the belief addresses; otherwise i must hold on to my "belief" as being "truth," when it cannot be

Agree., well said ....I think we all still have our "cherished beliefs " that we don't want to give up. Well, I don't, I have had over 50+ to drop and unload much of what I was first taught.
But yes, in truth I am sure I also have beliefs that I hang on to being still convinced that they are correct..but, only God can open my eyes to them , smack my head and change my mind and heart for me. I really don't want junk on my 'spiritual plate' which is untrue. ( mainly because I am running out of road now, less time to 'get it right'..and don't want to be lugging along with me heavy loads of wood, hay or stubble.

 

[bbyrd009]

I am running out of road now, less time to 'get it right'..and don't want to be lugging along with me heavy loads of wood, hay or stubble.

oh, i just take it for granted that i am swimming in a sea of law, and thus sin, yet forgiven nonetheless, when i confess and do not deny, and rebound rather than repeat. It is our fruit that is judged within that, and you have lots of fruit, the chaff is not judged at all, i guess, it is burned up, right.

 

[Helen]

oh, i just take it for granted that i am swimming in a sea of law, and thus sin, yet forgiven nonetheless, when i confess and do not deny, and rebound rather than repeat. It is our fruit that is judged within that, and you have lots of fruit, the chaff is not judged at all, i guess, it is burned up, right.

Amen...we can but walk and live in the light that has been revealed to us.
And trust the Lord that we are not missing the mark by too much!!
I guess that is what faith is all about.

 

[amadeus]

oh, i just take it for granted that i am swimming in a sea of law, and thus sin, yet forgiven nonetheless, when i confess and do not deny, and rebound rather than repeat. It is our fruit that is judged within that, and you have lots of fruit, the chaff is not judged at all, i guess, it is burned up, right.

So then at the end of the road, if we have nothing but chaff and it is all burned up, what will be left of us? And then there was nothing! Not even an eternal place of torment for us!

 

[bbyrd009]

So then at the end of the road, if we have nothing but chaff and it is all burned up, what will be left of us? And then there was nothing! Not even an eternal place of torment for us!

amen; of course then the ego that we are all trying to get to be with God will no longer even exist, we will "die," but i guess this scares ppl, as we naturally identify through this construct. Even though we love dogs for essentially this same reason, lack of an ego

of course there is a place of eternal torment, too, but it is not where ppl imagine it to be, right