THE GOOD MAN BUILDS UP HIS LIFE ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE MOST HOLY FAITH. THAT IS TO SAY THE LIFE OF THE CHRISTIAN IS FOUNDED, NOT ON SOMETHING WHICH HE MANUFACTURED HIMSELF, BUT ON SOMETHING WHICH HE RECEIVED. THERE IS A CHAIN IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE FAITH. THE FAITH CAME FROM JESUS TO THE APOSTLES; IT CAME FROM THE APOSTLES TO THE CHURCH; AND IT COMES FROM THE CHURCH TO US. IT MEANS THAT THE FAITH WHICH WE HOLD IS NOT MERELY SOMEONE'S PERSONAL OPINION; IT IS A REVELATION WHICH CAME FROM JESUS CHRIST AND WAS PRESERVED AND TRANSMITTED WITHIN HIS CHURCH, ALWAYS UNDER THE CARE AND THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
OUR FAITH IS DIFFERENT IN TWO WAYS :
A. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FAITHS AND OTHER PHILOSOPHIES IN THAT IT IS NOT MAN MADE BUT GOD-GIVEN, NOT OPINION BUT REVELATION, NOT GUESSING BUT CERTAINTY.
B. IT IS DIFFERENT IN THAT IT HAS THE POWER TO MAKE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IT "DIFFERENT". IT IS NOT ONLY A MIND CHANGER BUT ALSO A LIFE-CHANGER; NOT ONLY AN INTELLECTUAL BELIEF BUT ALSO A MORAL DYNAMIC
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