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Originally Posted by scotty
It may not be specifically defined in scripture, but can you give a reason why it wouldn't grow your faith?
If one exercises their faith and God is faithful in return, why would one's faith NOT grow?
Would you not think that the woman with the issue of blood's faith would not increase after she was healed? If faith is the belief in things not seen or not known, is it still just a belief when they are proven? The woman had faith that if she could just touch the hem of his garment she would be healed. Did she KNOW for sure that she would be healed? No, she simply had faith that she would be. Only afterwards was that faith confirmed.
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Unless the Word says it... you cannot make a doctrine out of it... that's simple exegesis and proper use of the Word. One cannot bring forth a teaching (doctrine) just because it sounds reasonable, logical or makes sense to them. But if you want to use reason and logic, I can go completely the opposite way as well and make a point. Do you not think that building faith is important to God? And don't you think He would include in His Word all the ways to build it and increase it and see it grow? And not just one, and make you guess the subtle inferences of the others? If God took time to tell us one way to grow it, He's tell us them all.
See how ludicrous it is to build a teaching off some kind of "doesn't it just make sense?" The Word is spiritual, not carnal... cannot be understood carnally or logically.
Lastly, the woman with the issue of blood would not be a good example, as she received the "word" from Jesus that she would be healed.... so faith did come by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God... in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and was with God..... He declared to her that she was healed... it wasn't some prophet or teacher doing it... therefore, that's not a good example to prove your concept.
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