No one can force anyone to believe anything. Each one of us chooses whether we will believe something, based on our evaluation of the evidence presented to us. Faith and belief may have different English meanings, but in the New Testament they are different forms of the same Greek word. Believe is the verb and faith is the noun for the same word. Note that Thomas said, "I WILL NOT believe."Many think seeing miracles would cause people to have faith. But the only ones who believe as a result of seeing miracles
are those who choose to accept the miracle as sufficient evidence for them to believe. It is still a choice.I used to think faith was difficult to pin down with certainty something like a feeling or state of being. But now I
understand that once we make the decision to believe, we are in faith, no matter how we may feel.
At its heart, faith is always a decision. No one can force you to believe in anything. The choice is yours.
However, we cannot believe or have faith in anything without evidence. We must have evidence that convinces us before we can believe something. The primary evidence God has given us so that we may have faith in Him is His Word. God is not a liar; He can be trusted. Whatever God says, always comes to pass.
So if someone says they don't have much faith, the solution is for them to see the evidence from God's Word on that subject, then choose to accept what God said as true. Then they will have faith. At that point they may not feel anything, but they have faith. The primary action of faith toward God is speaking in agreement with God's Word. Jesus said if you had faith you would say. So we express what we believe by the words we speak. And then we stand in that position of faith, regardless of feelings or circumstances. Funny Christ tells us if we but had the faith of a mustard seed which of the worlds smallest seeds that we could speak to the mountains and they would move,mountain as in physical or spiritual mountain what is impossible for God nothing so if he said I believe it and that is the end of that
The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe" (John 20:25).
are those who choose to accept the miracle as sufficient evidence for them to believe. It is still a choice.I used to think faith was difficult to pin down with certainty something like a feeling or state of being. But now I
understand that once we make the decision to believe, we are in faith, no matter how we may feel.
At its heart, faith is always a decision. No one can force you to believe in anything. The choice is yours.
However, we cannot believe or have faith in anything without evidence. We must have evidence that convinces us before we can believe something. The primary evidence God has given us so that we may have faith in Him is His Word. God is not a liar; He can be trusted. Whatever God says, always comes to pass.
So if someone says they don't have much faith, the solution is for them to see the evidence from God's Word on that subject, then choose to accept what God said as true. Then they will have faith. At that point they may not feel anything, but they have faith. The primary action of faith toward God is speaking in agreement with God's Word. Jesus said if you had faith you would say. So we express what we believe by the words we speak. And then we stand in that position of faith, regardless of feelings or circumstances. Funny Christ tells us if we but had the faith of a mustard seed which of the worlds smallest seeds that we could speak to the mountains and they would move,mountain as in physical or spiritual mountain what is impossible for God nothing so if he said I believe it and that is the end of that
The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe" (John 20:25).
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