1028 "Content", "Consent," and "Commitment"

Share time with Lord on Saturday afternoon.

I was swamped with studying and quiz and tests and those almost drew me away my dearest Lord. My brain was almost bust out and could read any word from anatomy. I decided to leave from table for a while and then, ride the bicycle to Mt.View Library.
I sat on the bench and stated to review what I learned was from BSF (Bible Studying Fellowship).

There are three points:
1. Content
2. Consents
3. Commitment.

First, “Content”, the first element: knowledge.
The beginning of faith is knowledge /the truth or “content.” Faith without content is not true faith at all. The object of faith is Christ; and faith rests upon knowledge, not upon pious ignorance. Christians insist that the object of faith is essential----indeed, the most important thing of all. Our faith must be in Christ and His work, and not ourselves or in faith itself.


Second, “Consents”, or “belief” The second element is “The moving of the Heart.”
The second element in biblical faith is belief. Important as the content of faith is, it is nevertheless possible to know this content and be lost—if it has not touched the person personally. An example is the devil, who undoubtedly knows the Bible and understands theology better than we do, yet does not believe it in this fuller sense. The demons “believe” but “shudder,” says James (James 2:19)
An example of what this means is the conversion of John Wesley in May 1738. Wesley had been an evangelist for years. He knew many doctrines, but they had not affected him at a personal level. One evening he went to a meeting in Aldersgate Street in London, where someone was reading Luther’s “preface” (actually a sermon) to the Epistle to the Romans. Here is what happened, as Wesley tells it: “About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for my salvation. And an assurance was given me that e had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.” Some say the Wesley had been saved before this and only came o know it at this point, but Wesley testified that the “Warming” of his heart was an important part of what it meant for him to trust Christ and spoke of this as his conversion.
Both the mind and the heart are involved in biblical faith. When the truth received by the mind takes root in the heart, the believer is able to stand firm against the temptations that are sure to come.

C. The Third element: Trust or commitment
The third element of faith-trust or commitment-is a real yielding oneself to Christ that goes beyond knowledge, however full or accurate, or even being personally moved by the gospel. (Many are moved, even to tears, but are not saved.) It is the pint at which we pass over the line from belonging to ourselves (as we suppose we do) and become the Lord’s disciples. It is what Thomas affirmed when he not only believed in Jesus and His resurrection but fell at His feet in worship exclaiming, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20-28)
We see all three elements in the way a young man and a young woman meet, fall in love, and get married. The first stages of their courtship correspond to the first element in faith: that is, knowledge or content. At this stage, each is getting to know each other and is trying to determine whether the other is the kind of person whose qualities contribute to a good marriage. The second stage is falling in love. It corresponds to the heart element, the point at which e other person begins to affect the lover in a personal and often emotional way. The final stage is hen the couple stands before the minister and recites the vows by which they pledge themselves to one another. In this heavenly courtship Jesus woos us, evoking our love and then pledges Himself to us, and we also pledge ourselves to him.
He says, “I, Jesus, take you, a sinner, to be my wedded wife; and I do promise and covenant, before God the Father and these witnesses, to be our faithful Savior and bridegroom; in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, in this life and for all eternity.’
We look into His face and repeat the words after Him, and God the Father pronounces this spiritual marriage, joining us to Jesus Christ forever. That is true faith in operation.

Fianll, we indeed have to know much knowledge of His word but we have to "believe it and root into our heart", let along be “commitment,” as you are a Christian in Him.”, have been saved by His redemption.

May God bless you when you read~ Amen. Thanks Jesus Christ.