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Faith vs. Trust - Fides vs. Pistis By Kenneth Schortgen, Jr.

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So then trust [cometh] by hearing, moreover hearing by the [spoken] word of God.   Romans 10:17 Recently I wrote an article on the Wisdom of Faith that the Lord and the Holy Spirit showed me as I have journeyed in the wilderness the last 8 months, and the scope of His Wisdom opened doors to the truth and understanding of Faith I could never dream of on my own. However, shortly after receiving His Wisdom on the three stages of faith, I was led to discover that most believers are in bondage because of the very word faith. It isn’t implied that believers MEANT to do this, on the contrary, the bondage was inflicted by the very translators of the New Testament going back to the time of Nicea. When we look at the New Testament, and see all the scripture that have the word Faith in them, they look innocuous don’t they? And in fact, they seem to RESONATE within us as being what the Lord wants us to do as we strive towards righteousness. Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clo

OT vengeance or NT Grace?

I've found it interesting that when we feel someone has wronged us we want OT vengeance, but when we wrong someone else we want NT grace. Something to think about.