Faith

Front matter
Connections List
 * Salvation
 * Faith alone, vs Works
 * Hebrews 11:1
 * Conversion
 * Hope
 * Grace
 * Faith, Hope, Love
 * Removal of self
 * Dictionary
 * 2 Corinthians 5
 * Keep the faith
 * Romans 4
 * Believe
 * Control
 * Faithfulness, fidelity

Scope
 * Definition of "faith"
 * In the bible and in culture, all definitions
 * Faith theo concept in bible and pratical

Topics
 * Definitions
 * Discussion/mech
 * Definitions enumerated

Definitions Other defs
 * 1) Faith is the heart condition of valid confidence/trust in unseen things like God and his savlation.
 * 2) It is closely related to but is not properly the body of knowledge (via reason and experience) which supports the confidence of 1) and 3).
 * 3) Raw mental confidence
 * 4) Arbitrary belief, logicall fallacious (nominal christian culture)
 * 5) Trust, dependence on prior experience, valid (optimistic christian educated)
 * 6) Raw decision for the sake of the relationship

1) Heart

 * Definition to be used in namespace. Functionally near equivalents 2) and 3)
 * Refers to heart state. Instinctive behavioral pattern to act as if proposition body is true
 * This is what saves you, though I could not imagine it without 3).
 * Unseen. Heb 11:1.

2) Body of knowledge

 * Simply refers to a body of knowledge.
 * Frequent use of this in the church. "Grow your faith". Blends with 1) as accumulated knoweldge supports the heart. Term in the bible is also frequently used in a very broad way, so it's understandable.

3) Raw mental confidence

 * Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see." Breakdown of words indicating 1) logical/phil truth, 2) legal truth 3) correspondence to reality 4) heart belief
 * Could be expressed as a percentage
 * Possibly "belief" is a better word
 * 1 Peter 1:8 though you do not see him, you know him, love him, filled with joy

4) Arbitrary belief - Fideism

 * This is logically fallacious. It is just as valid to say "just have faith that you're an organge." Atheists/secular are justified in attacking its use here. Many Christians, nominal, catholic probably, use this definition.
 * Used out of context - "Walk by faith, not by sight" is 2 Cor 5:7 is in the context of human bodies awaiting heaven. Sac for kingdom. Basically saying, we walk in committment to what we've learned, not in current conditions or worrying about physical. Better translated "not by what we see" referring to object rather than faculty.

5) Prior experience*

 * Holding something as true because related, possibly driving, facts are known. If other facts are driving, this acts against a antimony/confusion. If not driving, this is more soft. This is logically valid given world model theory of Dawkins and Hawkings. However it begs further investigation.
 * The purely logical basis is paired with but distinct in concept from the word "trust" as an emotion, character, or otherwise soft idea.
 * Optimistic interpretation of usage by many Christians. Probably is used this way frequently without understanding the difference between 5) and 4).
 * Trust in God like trusting the HS Military General. When I play civ, the individual components/units would have no idea my total plan.

6) Relationship

 * Asks person to make illogical or hard decision for the sake of the relationship. This is primarily a value decision. This may be related to 5) if based off of previous good experiences with the person or system and raw pleasure might be quantified. Related to 4) because values are technically arbitrary even though raw pleasure measuring is a pretty good solution.
 * E.g. "you gotta have faith in the system", or "you gotta have faith in me". Alladdin "do you trust me?". A more frequently used word is probably "trust".

Else mech

 * "Trust" is equivalent to "faith"?
 * ?Faith is not a virtue? This comes from Mh sermon 10/22/17. It is a heart state which affects behavior but is not directly an observed behavioral pattern.
 * Heb 11:6 faith>draw near>please God
 * Heb 11:13 faith is neccessarily about the future?
 * It is permissible to distrust people, but we must love them.

Recursive faith issue

 * Mark 11:24 "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
 * This is annoying, since if you don't believe, you won't get it, which justifies your disbelief. Also visa/versa on the positive side.
 * I believe, help my unbelief

Other verses on faith (not particular to definitions, possibly other fx)

 * 1 Timothy 1:4 "...God's work - which is by faith." hm...
 * Ephesians 2:8 "It is by faith you have been saved, and this is not of yourselves, it is a gift so that no one can boast." (Salv and possibly faith are gift, salv by grace)
 * Problem in which healings seem dependent on faith. How does that work?
 * Also see Luke 5:1-26 power of Lord is present to heal sick, paralytic via roof, faith of group/friends?
 * 1 Cor 15:14 If JC not raised then faith is useless. Connotes 1), 2). Excludes 3, 4, and 5.