Thanks for the reply, sorry about my rambling I will try and keep it shorter.
The point other than God who is Spirit and light as the good things of God not seen. The point is God is not a man as us? He mins without mother and father beginning of days (a nature) beginning of Spirit life or end of it
We don't wrestle against a flesh and blood as gods in likeness of men seen. The apostate Jews turned that upside down taking away the understanding of God. They were rebuked .Neither do we seek after the things seen as if they were the unseen things of God.
It does not take faith to see something already seen. For who hopes for that which we already have?. Christ is our living hope, a hope that goes above all human hope, the hope of our living God in us. If he begun the good unseen work in us he promises us giving us his faith to believe him He will finish it. He is our living hope
I think it has to do with
how faith works, as to
whose work the faith it is as it is written and therefore attributed to. Seeing faith without works cannot work it "is dead" alone. Or as informed in James as the body of death without the spirit of life cannot work .
God is our object and sole author of it as it is written . Being written by the finger of God not seen. The gospel is revealed from the faith that comes from hearing God to the faith in order for us to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches (denominations)
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the
glory of the
uncorruptible God into an
image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, an
Invisible things understood by the things made.equals faith. It is not the same as
not in respect to the things made (not faith) sight.
I would offer we do not glorify God through the corruptible things made. the bride of Christ the church is a representative glory of hidden glory. It would appear to be the formula for unraveling the spiritual mysteries hid the parable. This is when we apply the prescription given in 2 Corinthians 4:18 which I will offer below
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18
We look at
how the word
faith is used and to
whose work is it attributed to?
His name is
Faithful and
True the two witnesses of God. True proven by His Faithful work. The faith that works, not of our own selves.
He remains true to His unseen Spirit .As His Spirit of faith works in us as described in Philippians 2 as a labor of His love working with us, in us to will and do His good unseen pleasure what we call a imputed righteousness
Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Jeremiah 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a
true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.