Seriously, why use the word belief when you know you really mean "I know Jesus" belief is a redundant word that serves no usefulness. If you actually know Jesus is real, just say "Do you know Jesus" or "I know Jesus"
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Because we cant please God without faith.
Know God is one thing. Trust him is another. Boats are safe in the harbor but they weren't made to stay in the harbor.
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I still ask this question. It is written that without Faith it is impossible to please God. There is a great emphasis placed upon Faith. But Why?
One could say it is because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. As said in Hebrews 11:6
Then I ask, why not make belief easier by plainly revealing himself. Why even make Faith necessary?
And I would ask would you be satisfied living with the knowledge that you are in open rebellion with God and unwilling to change? Wouldn't that lead to a greater resentment and accusations of subverting your free will? That is already the case now, when Faith is necessary.
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You don’t grasp your Circular Reasoning. You don’t believe belief is beneficial for life but this is a belief that you holds IS beneficial for life!
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Belief is essentially holding onto (trusting in, having confidence) the idea because enough evidence is there to sustain such.
"belief(n.)
late 12c., bileave, "confidence reposed in a person or thing; faith in a religion," replacing Old English geleafa "belief, faith," from West Germanic *ga-laubon "to hold dear, esteem, trust" (source also of Old Saxon gilobo, Middle Dutch gelove, Old High German giloubo, German Glaube), from *galaub- "dear, esteemed," from intensive prefix *ga- + PIE root *leubh- "to care, desire, love." The prefix in English was altered on analogy of the verb believe. The distinction of the final consonant from that of believe developed 15c." - Belief - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Knowing is essentially experiential interaction in / with anything.
"know (v.)
Old English cnawan (class VII strong verb; past tense cneow, past participle cnawen), "perceive a thing to be identical with another," also "be able to distinguish" generally (tocnawan); "perceive or understand as a fact or truth" (opposed to believe); "know how (to do something)," from Proto-Germanic *knew- (source also of Old High German bi-chnaan, ir-chnaan "to know"), from PIE root *gno- "to know."" - Know - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
So, to take both, and give an everyday example:There is a "chair" in the living room. I "know" the "chair" exists, because I have sat in it, and experienced it personally at that level through the various senses. I "believe" the chair will not immediately fall apart when I sit in it, based on my previous personal experience and knowledge of it, when sitting in it. I do not "know" the "chair" will not immediately fall apart when I sit in it, but based upon all of the previous experiences of the past interactions with the chair, I have a "confidence" that based upon the "chair's" previous condition, which I "know" of, having sat in it, I "believe" (have faith in) that the "chair" will continue to be sturdy when I next (future) sit in it.
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