The topic you opened is very interesting: "Faith - update", but you did not said still, according Scriptures, even through the "flood" of your words, what FAITH is.
Your own conceptions, and opinions, and conjectures, and suppositions, and other theories you invented, instead to speak the Word of God , they are good for nothing, out of Scriptures the things you are saying from you are chaff, even tares. The Word is God, understand?You said but did not cite Scriptures, why? You said a "Deceived faith, operates as works, and self effort, that is the enemy of the Cross and a failed Discipleship",
What is FAITH according Scriptures?
Ok, you asked me why i didnt post 500 verses, and you asked me to explain what "faith is according to scriptures".
So, you'll need to consider something...
The verses, are already written as a Bible, and so, that helps most believers very little.
ALso consider that God calls, equips, enables, then sends out "teachers".
So, there must be a reason for that.....
So what i do is teach. And its a fine thing to quote a few verses, but most who post the waterfalls of verses, dont understand any of them, and they are cutting and pasting, vs, actually having memorized the verses.
They do not have them inside....so, they borrow other's work, and cut and paste...etc.......to pretend they are REAL.
I never do this..
Never.
I never cut and paste, and i dont use commentaries, and i dont use a concordance.
So, if you have read all that i write, and its substantial, and not just Threads, but often my Posts are like being in a class.
Yet, all i use is a Bible and my Spiritually.
And, you asked me to define what faith is...
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen".
So, thats the verse.
And its a great verse, but its also a deep and mystical verse.
I never use it, i seldom post it, and that is because, if verses are not understood......you have nothing, and nearly all believers read that verse and blink in confusion.
As that one, is more hidden, then the typical.....Its more mystical.
So, its best that i explain what real Faith is, in a practical way, and in a spiritual way.
I teach Faith, as "Right Believing", as this is connected to discernment regarding God's Grace.