Brightfame52
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Faith to Believe in God !
Natural mans religion always seeks to deprive Christ/God of their Glory due. One way they do this is by attributing Faith Heb 11:1 unto the natural man, which is a lie. Sure man may have a natural faith, but that has absolutely nothing to do with God in Salvation. But the Faith in God that has to do with Salvation in and through Jesus Christ, who is God, comes from Christ and is part of the Glory He received from the Father when He raised Him from the dead. Lets look at 1 Pet 1:21
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him[Christ] glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Faith and Hope in God, in the realm of Salvation, is the result of God giving Christ Glory after raising Him from the Dead.
Thats what 1 Pet 1:21 tells us. Key to understanding this is the word that:
that your faith and hope might be in God.
Its the greek Conjunction hóste and it means:
so that, therefore, so then, so as to.
hṓste (a conjunction, derived from 5613 /hōs, "as" and 5037 /té, "both-and") – wherefore (with the result that both . . . ), connecting cause to necessary effect which emphasizes the result (the combined, end-accomplishment). The result involved then is the combination of both elements in the correlation, underscoring the inevitable effect of the paired elements.
So understand that according to Peter here Faith in God is the necessary effect, the inevitable of effect of God raising up Christ from the dead and giving Him Glory !
Thats why Peter writes in his 2 nd epistle to these same believers 2 Pet 1:1
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 29
Natural mans religion always seeks to deprive Christ/God of their Glory due. One way they do this is by attributing Faith Heb 11:1 unto the natural man, which is a lie. Sure man may have a natural faith, but that has absolutely nothing to do with God in Salvation. But the Faith in God that has to do with Salvation in and through Jesus Christ, who is God, comes from Christ and is part of the Glory He received from the Father when He raised Him from the dead. Lets look at 1 Pet 1:21
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him[Christ] glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Faith and Hope in God, in the realm of Salvation, is the result of God giving Christ Glory after raising Him from the Dead.
Thats what 1 Pet 1:21 tells us. Key to understanding this is the word that:
that your faith and hope might be in God.
Its the greek Conjunction hóste and it means:
so that, therefore, so then, so as to.
hṓste (a conjunction, derived from 5613 /hōs, "as" and 5037 /té, "both-and") – wherefore (with the result that both . . . ), connecting cause to necessary effect which emphasizes the result (the combined, end-accomplishment). The result involved then is the combination of both elements in the correlation, underscoring the inevitable effect of the paired elements.
So understand that according to Peter here Faith in God is the necessary effect, the inevitable of effect of God raising up Christ from the dead and giving Him Glory !
Thats why Peter writes in his 2 nd epistle to these same believers 2 Pet 1:1
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 29