TRUE FAITH Is It Possible?

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times."-MARTIN LUTHER, 1522.

"To all intents and purposes we already are a secular society in which Christian faith and practices have become largely moribund." -LUDOVIC KENNEDY, 1999


Views on faith differ dramatically.  In the past, faith in God was the norm.  Nowadays, in a world of Skepticism and suffering, true faith in God and in the Bible is disappearing rapidly.

True Faith

To many "faith" simply means having a religious belief or following a form of worship. (It is so much more than that) As used in the Bible, however, "faith" basically means total trust-complete, unshakable confidence in God and his promises.  It is a quality that marks a disciple of Jesus Christ. 

On one occasion, Jesus Christ spoke about the need to pray and "not to give up."  In so doing, he raise a question about whether true faith would exist at all in our day.  He asked:  "When the Son of man arrives,, will he really find this faith on earth?" Why did he raise such a question? -Luke 18:1, 8.

Next time: TRUE FAITH Is It Possible? -Lost Faith

The Watchtower, 2001