Reasonings Chapter Three

The universality of Trust

All mankind shares a trust/faith process.  The trust/faith process is autonomic and constantly operating.  This process is as vital as a heartbeat; we accomplish nothing without it.  We understand this trust/faith process as learning.  This  process begins with everything we do for the first time.   To learn something we must first try that something to initiate this process.  Trust and faith increase each time that something is repeated until more trust is no longer needed, until you believe, then all future use of that something is done with faith alone.  Repeating in order to build trust is no longer required when you have enough faith.  We don’t have to build trust each time we add 1+1 or re-prove it, we believe it is 2 and have faith in that.  We only have to learn to trust walking until we believed we could walk and did so with faith from then on.  Progressing from this trust/faith process, to belief, is automatic with repetition and time.

Faith in the Word of God uses the same process; the one God created us with.  Everything about the trust/faith process applies to the Word of God.  In order to learn any of God’s Words we must use it for the first time to initiate the trust/faith process.  Repetitive use will increase trust and faith until you believe, after which you have faith; all that’s needed.  Using the same Word of God repetitively initiates the trust/faith process with each use, building more trust and faith in the Word and its use until you believe and have faith, with no doubt about it.

Matthew 22:36-40 provided me infinite opportunities for building trust and faith in His Word once God showed me how to find them. I fell in love with Him and His impeccable advice that became instantly available through His Word.  I wanted more and began using Acts 20:35.  The same process initiated, my trust and faith grew in these Words  until Thursday, March 28, 2019 at about 9:30 a.m.  I had enough proof and completely believed the Word of God, and received within me the promised Holy Spirit.  In the time it took to take one step down from the porch I was born of the Spirit.  I had gained enough trust and faith using only a few of His Words to believe all of them.  Each use required consultation of my heart where God has written His Laws, along with my mind for reasoning.  The result is loving  God and His Word with my whole heart, my whole mind, and my whole soul.

KOOTENAY UNCHURCH