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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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How Faith Saves263and in truth” (John 4:24). All human efforts to become righteous- or to worship God by human abilities - are worthless. Paulstates this also very plainly in Philippians 2. Any works that areproduced by faith must, therefore, be a spiritual matter. Sincefaith saves you, then your faith must be spiritual - just as Godwrites His Law in your heart and mind by spiritual means.Faith or belief in God, The Father and in His Son, Jesus and everythingthat God and Christ reveal through God’s “word” is aspiritual entity (Romans 2:14-15). Faith is a total state of mind,or repentance. Faith has nothing to do with what you do in theflesh. The flesh brings you death, whereas, the spirit gives youlife. Therefore, faith only concerns the operation of the mind. InGreek, the word for “mind” is “pneuma” or “spirit.” This is whatgives the life energy to your mind! It makes you conscious, withthe ability to think.When the mind is left to itself without faith in God, it is free tocreate any belief that humans can think up. Consequently, manydifferent kinds of belief systems have been invented. Since Godhas given you total free choice, just as He, Himself, has total freechoice, then, it is up to you to choose life or death. Faith is a beliefsystem, which allows you to decide to believe whatever youwant. It is an act of free will. In science it is called “The WorldParadigm.” It is how you choose to see or understand what youhave decided to believe. It all comes down to a choice of yourheart and mind. This is a mental act, pure and simple.Godly FaithThe Apostle Paul explained how there are three important giftsGod gives to humanity - faith, hope, and love (“agàpè” in theGreek). Paul states how these three gifts are what Christians

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