| | '''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/πίστις) 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/πίστις) 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 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 goes beyond [[materialism]] to include beneficial use of 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 ([[Matthew, Chapter 17#20]]). |
| | '''''Faith is the strongest way to overcome [[addiction]]''''', including [[obesity]] and football watching/[[video game]] playing, '''''as well as overcoming all kinds of [[anxiety]]'''''. Faith could even be defined as the opposite of anxiety. | | '''''Faith is the strongest way to overcome [[addiction]]''''', including [[obesity]] and football watching/[[video game]] playing, '''''as well as overcoming all kinds of [[anxiety]]'''''. Faith could even be defined as the opposite of anxiety. |