Pulling quotes from a good friend:
“And this is what the bible addresses through and through – that belief in God is accompanied with actions and non-belief in God is accompanied by actions. So if someone leaves God – they are usually committing actions against humanity and God (ie: shedding innocent blood or stealing). The beliefs of the bible are directly tied to the actions of the person – defining them that way versus definition via some label or belief system per se (beliefs that mean nothing like – God is 3 in 1).
The bible is explicitly overly concerned with morality/law in concerns to one’s faith in God. Actually, and this is my opinion, faith is determined in one’s actions more than in one’s beliefs alone (since in this era we have a variety of beliefs – some mean nothing and some mean something in terms of action). What you do defines you better than what you think.”
I have said this before. People around me (Christian people) insist it’s not an “either/or” situation. I say you can say you believe anything. But what you do is what you believe. I cannot imagine anyone rationally thinking anything else. People say (Christian people) that what you believe is paramount when it comes to your faith. I believe you have faith in accordance with what you form your life around. You can say a lot of things — what do you live?
Tonight, I’m agreeing with Jason. I think we’ve spent too much time trying to figure out what we “believe,” while the world has “gone to hell.” For me, I want to work on how my faith is lived out, day in and day out. It’s not “salvation by works.” It’s putting feet to what my mouth says. Pretty simple — yet so tempting to rationalize my way out of. Stop talking. Start living.
And the actions that accompany “belief” or “non-belief” better be biblical — not traditional or self-righteous or whatever. What is the greatest command? What is the second which is “like” it?
‘nough said.
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