1. Where is faith? We claim that the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. If we know, we don't need to have faith in that thing! So do we really claim that faith is only reserved for those who are beginners in the faith (and now I can't really say "the faith" anymore)? Or is faith just for those people outside of our religion? I have issues with both of these, for obvious reasons that don't need to be enumerated. It seems that we have almost set aside faith for the weak, when I think faith is for the strongest of souls.
2. What about the Spirit? This point will seem largely like testimony, but they are my honest feelings so here we go. I have felt the Spirit speak to me. I have also felt times when I am telling myself what I want to hear through my emotions. Without going into it too much--I have had the Spirit speak to me and witness to me that certain things are true. I do not doubt the veracity of these things. So, is this knowledge and is faith necessary after this fact? I don't really know the answer. I do know this though, I can say that I know certain things are true and I do not feel I am being a tad dishonest. Then my confusion grows.
I am sure someone that is more perceptive than I am will show me a quote or something that makes this all make so much more sense. But as of right now I feel like I have faith. I am fine with having faith. I think faith is one of the greatest things a person can develop, and in a lot of instances it is the building block for everything else. Although people will probably start thinking that my testimony is wavering if I get up and say that I have faith in something, I think it is what I will begin doing. I do believe that the Spirit can make it so we know something, but I also think that the majority of the things that I deal with are faith . . . and I am fine with that.
That said, I do have faith in my faith (by its very name that would seem intuitive, but not in our religion :) I love my faith and feel greatly blessed to have found it. I am also grateful for the things that I know. I do think there is overlap.
So Makayla posted this in a comment on another topic and I thought it went perfectly with this post, here it is:
"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it" (Romans 8:24-25)
