什麼是信仰(信心)?
信仰是信任,而不是智力的相信。例如,可以在我們的腦海裡接受任何理論,但是這不是信心。聖經中的信心就是信任。
希伯來書11:1 信就是所望之事的實底,是未見之事的確據。
我們愛神因為我們信任祂。這並不是說,我們認為祂存於山岳或其他的物質。但我們愛他,相信祂。
我們必須明白,信仰不是個人主義者的事件,在共融中是有其意義。
我們閱讀到希伯來書11章 愛上帝的眾聖徒,他們的生命始終信任神對他們的應許,雖到了生命終了依然沒有得到神的應許。為什麼還能堅守信仰呢?
希伯來書11:39-40所有這些人都藉著信得了稱許,卻還沒有得著所應許的,因為神已經為我們預備了更美的事,使他們若不跟我們在一起,就不能完全。
因此信心(信任)在共融的意思,在神愛裡共融。我信任上帝的愛,因為我愛我的弟兄,並與我弟兄愛神。
類似的信念=信任,愛我們的摯愛。
相反的信念是惡魔,把神視為物件,恨祂,亦恨惡人類。
雅各書2:19 你信神只有一位,你信的不錯;就連鬼魔也信,卻是戰兢。
what is faith
Faith is trust, not intellectual believe. For example we can accept in our minds any theory, but this is not faith. Faith in the bible is trust.
Heb. 11:1 信就是所望之事的實底,是未見之事的確據。
We trust because we love god. It is not that we think that he exists as a mountain or something else. But we love him, this is to believe in him.
We must understand that faith is not an individualist event, but has meaning in a community.
We see this in Hebrews ch 11. All the holy people who loved god, who trusted him and his promises by their lives, still did not receive the total fulfillment of the promises of god. Why ?
Heb. 11:39 所有這些人都藉著信得了稱許, 卻還沒有得著所應許的;
Heb. 11:40 因為 神已經為我們預備了更美的事, 使他們若不跟我們在一起, 就不能完全。
So faith has meaning in a community, in the loving community of God. I trust the love of god because I love my brother, and with my brothers I love god.
Similar is the faith=trust that we have to our beloved ones.
Opposite is the faith of demons, who know god as object, hate him, and each other. James 2:19 你信 神只有一位, 你信的不錯; 就連鬼魔也信, 卻是戰兢。