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Chapter 13

Walk With the Wind of Faith in Your Face

Faith: A Breath of Life

Jesus was b orn to take away the sins [misunderstandings] of the world, and He was successful: He accomplished the purpose of addressing the misunderstandings, so mankind would understand. Yet, the sin continued and is now running rampant; sin is certainly not taken away—but why not? The Scriptures are documented, and yet many people deny the validity of them because they don’t understand. Something remains veiled, even though Jesus’ testimony was intended to take away all misunderstanding. Many who claim Christianity do not fully understand the scriptures; they depend upon others to tell them what they mean, and how the scriptures justify their religion, thinking they understand all the deep things Jesus revealed. Jesus understood why those around Him did not comprehend and why they rejected Him. Is today any different from those conditions? The teachers of the law in Jesus’ time held fast to rigid tradition for they were their truth; today, theology is considered the whole truth, so humanity still fails, because rigid tradition holds people bound. Tradition has become church, so rather than spiritually rising to evidence a witness to Jesus’ testimony, mankind is falling almost into complete disarray. If you do not resolve this and move beyond the theories or issues of belief for yourself, you too will miss the point. Faith is the issue—then and now—but religion is not faith, however, most are convinced otherwise. What needs to be done in the world cannot be done if one is bound to belief! Jesus identified the problem: “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew17: 20) We can find degradation within humanity everywhere. Wha t was onc e pr o spe r ous is now taken over by others who will destroy it, because of their very nature or religious fervor. The Hebrew, and now the Christian church, is a clear example! After all, their god has caused them to take over the world. Peopled are taught to play a part and interpret success as having more than everyone. Now more than ever, having— only to have more—motivates

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