faith

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faith (Paper 102) (101:8sec). See also trust
accepts presence of indwelling Adjuster (108:6.8)
action necessary for Josiah’s healing (164:3.14)
Adjuster translates sense of duty into (102:1.1)
and belief (102:6sec)
argues from spirit program of eternity (102:1.2)
defined as
act by which man earned God’s favor (92:4.7) (92:5.10) (93:4.3-8) (93:6.4) (94:0.1) (94:1.5-6)
always triumphant over doubting (101:0.3) (102:6.7) (103:8.4-5) (182:3.11)
antidote to insecurity (143:7.3)
attitudes of fatherly love (140:5.4-14)
attribute of personal religious experience (101:2.2,8) (101:8.1)
condition of effective prayer (91:9.8)
confidence in cosmic reliability not dependent on sight (50:7.1) (191:5.5)
connection of moral consciousness and spiritual reality (101:1.6) (101:3.4) (101:9.9)
dependence on God which yields assurance (196:0.12)
effective armor against sin, evil spirits (53:8.8)
endowment of cosmic mind and Adjuster (101:3.2)
enduring as seeing Him who is invisible (102:2.8)
energy of better life (131:3.4)
fruit of the Spirit (34:6.13)
gift of God (143:2.7)
handles superficial contentions (102:7.6)
individual’s relation to God, not creedal formulations (99:5.7)
is to religion what sails are to a ship (159:3.8)
living experience (101:8.2)
logical from inner viewpoint (103:7.6)
man’s highest human attainment (103:9.6)
mobilization of total powers of personality (100:3.7)
not subject to precise definition (102:6.1)
only method to become God-knowing (102:6.5)
only passport to completion of reality, eternity of life (101:10.6) (193:1.2)
positive leading of indwelling divine presence (196:0.1) (196:3.1)
predicated on reflection, self-criticism, and uncompromising moral consciousness (132:3.5)
prerequisite for miracles, spiritual work (158:5.2) (158:6.4)
recognition of validity of spiritual consciousness (103:7.13)
source of divine energy to remake world (94:6.8)
substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen (99:5.8)
supreme assertion of human thought (3:5.9)
trusting Father as a little child trusts his parent (100:7.7)
unconscious spontaneous expression of experience with God (196:0.6)
victory which overcomes the world (4:4.9) (34:7.6)
wholehearted consecration (196:1.1)
early training makes f. dependable (177:2.2)
effect of faith
12 reactions reveal (101:3.4-16)
all things possible to him who believes (158:5.2)
brings man to union with God (94:6.8)
creates modesty, uprightness, wisdom, courage, knowledge, and perseverance (131:3.2)
destroys uncertainty, conflicting desires (142:5.3) (196:0.5)
dominates mode of living (101:8.1)
expands mind, reinforces personality, enhances power to love and be loved (159:3.12)
faint flickers sufficient for survival (40:5.19) (155:6.17)
f. in disease treatment is powerful remedy (90:4.1-2)
f. literally compelled healing (149:1.1,8) (152:0.3) (166:2.5)
forgiveness of sin through f. (138:8.2)
fosters and maintains soul (132:3.10)
increasingly manifests fruits of spirit (176:3.3)
initiates man into world of divinity (103:9.6)
locates invisible Father (32:3.6) (155:6.4)
makes believers secure in kingdom (147:8.5)
makes truth of sonship with God factual in experience (40:6.4) (186:5.9) (193:0.3)
man earns status by (3:5.16)
opens Father’s storehouse (138:8.8) (146:2.8)
releases Adjuster’s superhuman activities (110:3.2) (132:3.6)
removes mountains of material difficulty (144:2.6)
reveals God in soul (101:2.10)
reveals our light to world (191:5.3)
righteousness acquired by (170:3.1)
strengthens character, creates happiness (140:5.6)
successfully withstands all intellectual sophistries (101:3.11)
transforms First Cause into God of salvation (101:2.3) (102:6.4)
transmutes potentials to actuals in spirit world (110:6.17)
triumphs over evil, sin, and iniquity (194:3.2)
we are justified and saved by (150:5.3)
wins perfection of purpose (26:4.14)
exercise f. at our command (26:5.3) (158:6.2)
facts never quarrel with (195:7.1)
few persons live up to the f. they have (48:7.4)
fight the good fight of f. (166:3.4)
from beyond will not fail us (131:3.2)
have faith in
certainty and security of Father’s guidance, and protection (196:0.9)
effectiveness of human desire to be like God (140:10.9)
fundamental goodness of universe (196:0.11)
God alone (101:8.1) (102:6.5)
God and one another (140:5.12) (191:2.1)
Jesus’ words (193:0.3)
precious promises of God (143:2.4)
triumph of spiritual realities (140:8.8)
values being translated from material to spiritual (102:0.3)
Havoners are strangers to saving f. (3:5.17)
historically
covenant with Abraham whereby God does everything and man believes (92:4.7) (93:6sec)
evangelists sent forth wholly unprovided for (163:4.12)
Lao-tse taught childlike f. (94:6.5)
made leper whole (166:2.5)
made Veronica whole (152:0.3)
thief on cross showed f. (187:4.1)
isolation affords opportunity to exercise f. (50:7.1)
Jesus’ faith (Paper 196) (100:7.7)
Jesus’ faith was personal, living, original, spontaneous, and purely spiritual (196:0.5)
Jesus has faith in us (157:4.6) (171:7.5,8) (196:1.5) (196:2.10)
Jesus’ talk with Nabon on (132:3sec)
just shall live by f. (131:2.8)
limits to prayer do not apply equally to (91:6.1)
Michael requires all creatures to master (120:1.3)
morontia and spirit reason will augment (103:7.2)
never-ending journey in sole company of truth (103:9.7)
our f. limits Father’s bestowal of spiritual gifts (166:4.11)
parables regarding faith
fig tree (166:4.9) (176:2.6)
grain of wheat (174:5.8)
leaven (151:4.3) (178:1.15)
mustard seed (140:8.27) (151:4.2) (178:1.15)
new wine into fresh wine skins (147:7.2) (176:1.7)
pearl of great price (140:8.28) (151:4.5)
persistent widow (144:2.5)
seed in good soil (137:8.12)
seed of living being (178:1.15)
sewing unshrunk cloth on old garment (147:7.2)
three loaves (144:2.3)
treasure in field (151:4.4)
vine and branches (180:2sec) (193:2.2)
personality development predicated upon (115:7.2)
progress dependent upon exercise of (19:5.12)
simple childlike f. is only requisite to enter kingdom (40:7.2) (93:6.4) (102:1.1) (137:8.17) (138:8.8) (139:12.7) (140:1.4) (140:10.1) (141:7.6) (150:5.2) (157:2.2) (163:2.4) (170:2.21) (170:3.2-3) (170:5.13) (192:2.9) (196:0.11-12)
take kingdom by persistent assaults of (166:3.5)
warnings regarding faith
cannot be nourished by philosophy (103:7.1)
ecclesiasticism incompatible with (195:10.8)
hold to Father’s presence in Creator Son (32:3.6) (50:1.3)
lack of f. shown in degrees of disloyalty (89:10.2)
must be personal (101:8.2)
must not be overmuch influenced by emotional consequences (103:9.11)
no influence on ordained material laws (104:2.3)
obliterate dead center of indecision (91:9.5)
polluted by poisons of fear (111:7.5)
qualitative status of soul wholly dependent on (110:6.18)
science will displace materialistic f. (155:3.6)
should be childlike, not childish (170:3.2) (196:0.12)
sometimes leads to recklessness and presumption (149:4.4)
surely instructed only by revelation (103:7.1)
truth only possessed by exercising (132:3.5)
walk by f. not by sight (158:6.4) (174:0.2)
what f. isn’t (196:0.3-4)
works of f. come not forth from unbelief (158:5.2)

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