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Hello and thankyou for taking my question: I would like to know WHY faith is so important to have. I understands that prayers are answered by faith and miracles can occur only by faith...........but why, why does God take it so personally whether or not we have faith. While reading the Gospels, Jesus took it very personally when his disciples lacked faith - why did he take it so personally?????
Hi Pete and thanks for the question!
Well, I cannot tell you why God "takes it so personally" because He doesn't say explicitly in Scripture. You are right that Jesus took faith very seriously. We can only speculate, as humans which possess the same attributes, that as a father He wants His children to trust and have faith in Him, especially because He is perfect, He only wants what's best for us, and we desperately need Him!
I hope this helps and thanks for the excellent question!
Todd
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Todd Tyszka
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My degrees and studies are mostly in Christian doctrine but I will answer questions having to do with almost any aspect of Christianity and The Bible.
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My experience consists of over 20 years as a Pastor, Youth Pastor, missionary, counselor, teacher, writer, Bible quizzer, and various other leadership positions. I've studied the Bible for over 20 years at 5 different schools/seminaries but I can explain things in simple terms anyone can understand and currently teach Sunday School to 1st-5th graders. I specialize in Christian apologetics (evidences for Christianity) and Polemics (debate denouncing false teachings), as well as understanding difficult verses, and topics such as heaven & hell, denominations/sects, false teachings/heresies/cults, the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit, spiritual warfare, apostolic reformation, emergent/emerging church, prosperity teaching, contradictions/discrepancies, charismatic studies, creation/evolution, Greek/Hebrew studies, end times, deliverance, the apocrypha/pseudepigrapha, etc. I daily answer questions on Global Media Outreach, AllExperts, YouTube, through email, and various personal websites where I have posted many Christian videos.
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Graduated from a private Christian High School, went to Nazarene Bible college and then Eastern Nazarene College (Boston) for Youth Ministry and Pastoral Studies/Christian Theology, transferred to Asbury College where I completed my degree in Christian Education and Missions, and most recently attending the Calvary Chapel Bible Institute.
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