How is one converted with no faith?
The Demons in the demoniacs at GADARA, acknowledged who Jesus Christ was and fell on their knees before, calling HIM: "JESUS, SON of the MOST HIGH GOD." To many English speaking People, that constitutes BELIEVING, but it is NOT what the JEWS and the GREEKS mean by BELIEVING. They mean that you HAVE TO be willing to put your whole weight and TRUST from the heart, (the center of your whole being, your human spirit, not just your brain), on what you are claiming to BELIEVE. ANYTHING LESS, than that and a believing JEW would say you are LYING about really Believing that Jesus is MESSIAH. So the word BELIEVE translates poorly from Hebrew or Greek. Since we are talking about BELIEVE being outside and beyond the human intellect, where does that kind of FAITH come from?
Ephesians 2:4-10 (CSBBible)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,
[SUP]5 [/SUP] made us alive with Christ even thoughwe were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
[SUP]6 [/SUP] He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,
[SUP]7 [/SUP] so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift —
[SUP]9 [/SUP]not from works, so that no one can boast.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
AND THAT FREE GIFT INCLUDES THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WILL NEVER LEAVE US, WHO PRODUCES IN US SAVING FAITH, BY BIRTHING OUR HUMAN SPIRIT INTO ETERNAL LIFE, AND POURING GOD'S LOVE DIRECTLY INTO OUR HEARTS, AND everything else in our Christian Walk spawns out of that, finished Work of Salvation, which is by GRACE and MERCY.
GRACE is GOD giving us, what we can NEVER earn.
MERCY is GOD giving us, what we do NOT deserve.
Romans 5:5 (CSBBible)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] This hope will not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
SEE IT, The FREE GIFT includes the HOLY SPIRIT, who empowers us to BELIEVE with the KIND OF FAITH that includes TOTAL TRUST AND LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST. SO that kind of FAITH is NOT something we thought up with what lies between our ears.
John 14:15-17 (ASV)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
{How is that possible, read the rest of the context, and you will find it is only possible by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.}
[SUP]16 [/SUP] And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
[SUP]17 [/SUP] even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
Those who want to claim credit for part of gaining and keeping Salvation, are Robbing Christ of all the Glory for paying the total price for our SALVATION, and Robbing the Holy Spirit of the Glory HE deserves for putting SAVING FAITH AND GOD's LOVE in our Hearts.
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