Such a trust is the feature par excellence of true faith. It is what separates mere knowledge about God and his son from what the Bible calls “saving faith,” which, when placed in Christ, results in one being brought into a right relationship with God.
We describe trust the way anyone else does, as firm belief or reliance in the ability, reliability, truth, or strength of someone or something. Jesus gave a perfect illustration once when he set a child in the midst of his disciples as an object lesson of trust in himself. How does a child trust? He humbly, completely, and confidently depends on his parents to provide him with that which he needs, he recognizes the love that his parents have for him, a love that has been demonstrated time and again, and he rests in that love, and confidently relies on it without reservation.
Such a trust is the feature par excellence of true faith. It is what separates mere knowledge about God and his son from what the Bible calls “saving faith,” which, when placed in Christ, results in one being brought into a right relationship with God. For the materialistically-minded, demons are difficult to accept because they belong to the unseen world, a realm rejected out-of-hand by such people.
Demons are real, but the biblical description of them and their activities is a far cry from the imaginations of authors and Hollywood writers. Demons are fallen angels who rebelled against God with Satan. They belong to the kingdom of Satan, and thus are at cross-purposes with God. While they are stronger than men, they are in no way equal to God in power or glory. Demons in the New Testament recognize Jesus as the holy one of God, and know their ultimate fate is eternal punishment. They are purely spiritual beings and there is no record of demons taking on a physical form of their own. There are several instances of demons possessing human beings, though again, the resemblance between what the Bible describes and what our pop-culture imagines is minimal at best. For the materialistically-minded, demons are difficult to accept because they belong to the unseen world, a realm rejected out-of-hand by such people.
Demons are real, but the biblical description of them and their activities is a far cry from the imaginations of authors and Hollywood writers. Demons are fallen angels who rebelled against God with Satan. They belong to the kingdom of Satan, and thus are at cross-purposes with God. While they are stronger than men, they are in no way equal to God in power or glory. Demons in the New Testament recognize Jesus as the holy one of God, and know their ultimate fate is eternal punishment. They are purely spiritual beings and there is no record of demons taking on a physical form of their own. There are several instances of demons possessing human beings, though again, the resemblance between what the Bible describes and what our pop-culture imagines is minimal at best. |
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