{"id":135,"date":"2013-06-23T01:23:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T01:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/?p=135"},"modified":"2013-06-23T01:23:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T01:23:18","slug":"the-scale-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/uncategorized\/the-scale-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scale of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
The scale has been around for many years and it has been used for many purposes. It was used to measure the weight of two unknown items for the purpose of trade. Material items have their scale and also virtues; some more then others. For example, faith is a virtue can be measured and is scalable. One can tell if one person has more faith then another. Because faith is a measurable virtue, it can\u00a0diminish as time goes on. There are situations in life that can weigh down faith of which we need to take precautions on. There are also people who can affect the weight of our faith; well actually not people but the things they do, and of such the apostle Paul warns us to take every necessary measure to guard ourselves from. Our happiness, fulfillment of life and complete satisfaction is encompassed around the measure of faith we have.<\/div>\n
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Romans 14:1<\/h3>\n
14:1\u00a0 “Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.”<\/div>\n
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Paul warns the church at Rome and today’s church about entering into disputations which bring doubt with those who are weak in the faith. One of things that, in the measuring scale of faith, weighs down faith is disputes about religion, what they believe or faith itself. Today more then ever there is a growing number of people picking on rebelliousness and weighing down faith. It is clear now that faith is diminishing. Jesus questioned if when he came would he find faith (Lk.18:8) here in earth, because things like argumentations, doubt and many others weighs down faith. Doubt as the opposite of faith, when allowed, diminishes faith (Mt. 14:31) Peter noticed the circumstance surrounding him as he walked on water began to\u00a0panic\u00a0made him sink. Fear is another factor that weighs down faith in Matthews 8:26 a storm arose on the disciples as they were out in the sea. Jesus pointed out a small measure of faith on the disciples because of the fear which made their faith dropped rather quickly. Difficult situations come to both the good and the bad; it is unavoidable, but it does not have to affect our faith.<\/div>\n
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We tend to forget about the one virtue that sustains us in those\u00a0precarious times; faith. Fear when allowed can totally take out faith; it is progressive faith stopper. It begins with a small portion; fear, and if it is not dealt with it grows in the faith scale to the point of over weighing faith. The disciples found themselves in another storm with a bigger portion of fear, faith became absent. Jesus noticed the absence of faith in his followers (Mk. 4:40). The measure of faith is noticeable, people do notice when; through our life style we display faith. In Luke 5:20 we see the faith of friends seeking every possible way to bring one of their friends who was lame to Jesus for healing. Faith is proactive; it exerts the participant not give up until he achieves the purpose. It is steadfast, unmovable, not worrisome, secure as displayed in certain centurion (Lk. 7:6-7). Where we see a level of faith\u00a0tipping\u00a0the scale of faith, we find this centurion noted by Luke trusting in the word of Jesus to heal his beloved servant.\u00a0Faith does not matter in size only in quantity and in quality; Jesus said that if you have the faith like a mustard seed you can tell a mountain to move and it should obey you (Mt. 17:20).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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