| | '''Faith''',<ref>Etymology: a very early English term dating from 1200-50, based on the Middle English term "feith" (Anglo-French fed, Old French feid, feit, Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs meaning trust, akin to fīdere meaning to trust).</ref> (Greek: pistis) means trust, reliability, [[confidence]] or [[belief]] about something unseen, such as the achievement of [[God]]'s will.<ref>Also, the website Bible Odyssey notes about certain contexts in the New Testament: "By the late first or early second century, Christians were beginning to stretch the meaning of pistis to describe the distinctive nature of their relationship with God and Christ. When the Letter of Jude exhorts a Christian group “to contend for the pistis that was once for all handed down to the saints” ({{bibleref|Jude|3}}), it may be using pistis to refer to a body of teaching or even the “new covenant” in Christ." [https://ww.bibleodyssey.org/articles/faith-word-study/ Faith (Word Study)]</ref> | | '''Faith''',<ref>Etymology: a very early English term dating from 1200-50, based on the Middle English term "feith" (Anglo-French fed, Old French feid, feit, Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs meaning trust, akin to fīdere meaning to trust).</ref> (Greek: pistis) means trust, reliability, [[confidence]] or [[belief]] about something unseen, such as the achievement of [[God]]'s will.<ref>Also, the website Bible Odyssey notes about certain contexts in the New Testament: "By the late first or early second century, Christians were beginning to stretch the meaning of pistis to describe the distinctive nature of their relationship with God and Christ. When the Letter of Jude exhorts a Christian group “to contend for the pistis that was once for all handed down to the saints” ({{bibleref|Jude|3}}), it may be using pistis to refer to a body of teaching or even the “new covenant” in Christ." [https://ww.bibleodyssey.org/articles/faith-word-study/ Faith (Word Study)]</ref> |
| − | Faith goes beyond [[materialism]] to include beneficial use of the underlying unseen reality. The existence of [[infinity]] implies the existence of the infinite power of faith. [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] taught that a person with even a small amount of faith can move mountains (Matthew 17:20). | + | Faith goes beyond [[materialism]] to include beneficial use of the underlying unseen reality. The existence of [[infinity]] implies the existence of the infinite power of faith. [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] taught that even a little faith can move mountains ({{bibleref|Matthew|17|20}}). |
| | '''''Faith is the strongest way to overcome [[addiction]] of all types''''', including [[obesity]] and football watching/[[video game]] playing, '''''as well as overcoming all kinds of [[anxiety]]'''''. Faith could even certainly be defined as the opposite of anxiety. | | '''''Faith is the strongest way to overcome [[addiction]] of all types''''', including [[obesity]] and football watching/[[video game]] playing, '''''as well as overcoming all kinds of [[anxiety]]'''''. Faith could even certainly be defined as the opposite of anxiety. |