I am one of those
"some", you are referring to.
Does it not take
effort (work/s), in the "clearing your mind
from doubt?" I'll give ya, that some people require
less "effort"(work/s) in
believing, then others. But, to say that
NO effort(work/s), or efforts(works), are required? Is this not "faith
AT WORK?"
Christ said to "
enter in the
strait gate!" One doesn't simply
fall INTO the strait gate. Right?
One
enters into the strait gate. Does
this not
require effort (work/s)?
This seems to be a problem, especially for (how can I say?) "long-in-the-tooth" believers
)), in which something that comes "so naturally", (
sometimes? TOO naturally ) for them, now,
was at one time, not very natural to them
at all!
Why? Because, usually, but, not always, this comes from a "place" within oneself, where a
conviction has occurred. And?
This HURTS! Painful! One may even refer to this as "the location where
circumcision OF THE HEART/SOUL/MIND/SPIRIT/FLESH took place!" Where the very "act itself" (work/s), in crying
out TO the Lord, or Abba Father! Would not "this" be considered (a)
work?
Revelation 2
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.