I'm down with incontinence attacks this morning and the air is choking. That, and the folks are getting pretty long-winded. It's a time of irritation and ill tempers. Hasn't rained in a long time. Amidst all this, there is a growing concern that Christians are losing their faith. Thus this post.
We are not agnostic or gnostic. Christians admit they all fall somewhere between. So then what is a belief? In truth, each one of us is the same anthropologically. The differences between men can be seen in the old Malay proverb:
Rambut sama hitam, hati lain-lain.
What I mean here, is that we were made the same initially, but we are also brought up different from one another. Why say 'brought up'? It is the lowest common denominator of teaching. Why emphasize teaching? It is the knowing of truths -what or who we are as men and women. Why don't people know themselves? They disobeyed God who withdrew his Spirit.
Spirit is returned to our souls to oversee it when the Divine One pleases. Mainly, as my Pastor says, it is when we fight the good fight -support the cause of proper upbringing / teaching -which I guess can be called 'beliefs'.
Even Mary was startled by the angel because he was fiery and powerful, yet she did not believe based on fear of the Lord, but that the angel had to comfort her / therefore persuading her. We don't even know or agree if angels have wings, but we do know comforting versus fear. And for the virgin Mary, that was enough. What about you, brothers and sisters?
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