I went to church every time the doors were opened when I was a kid in Charleston, Missouri. I was a preacher's kid or PK for short. And I assimilated a lot of Scripture and trappings of religion. I was a great Scripture quoter, even text-proofed everything. So I will spare you all the text-proofs of my ten questions. And there are many text-proofs for the word and idea of "Faith".
People live and die with faith. Like the farmer planting his seed and plowing his land, people have faith that what they plant will grow and produce. Why else would people be so diligent in preparing the land, buying the best seed and buying irrigation systems? They want to do all they can to make this ground productive and they believe that the land will eventually produce.
Parents do the same thing. They want to nourish that child in every way so that the child will be equipped to provide for himself/herself upon maturity. Show me a parent without faith and I will show you a parent who is doomed to receive the un-parent of the year award. During World War II one of the most memorable quotes I remember was, "There are no aethiests in foxholes." Most people show their faith or lack of it when the world collapses around them.
Faith is one thing; knowledge is another. How far the two intrude on each other depends upon the extent of faith and the extent of knowledge one has! I once heard a Bible teacher say, "Let's look at the primary difference between faith and knowledge. When a child is born, the mother knows it is her child, she remembers the pain of childbirth and labor. On the other hand, the father has faith that the child is his. (This was before the day of bloodtests.) (Nor did that teacher intend to exclude all the adoptive parents in the world). Nonetheless, it was a simple statement about one difference between faith and knowledge!
Faith is a daily necessity. Where we put that faith, and whether we exercise it at all, plays a role in defining our lives.
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