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The Three Dimensions of Faith

The document discusses the three dimensions of faith: believing, doing, and trusting. It explains that Christian faith involves committing one's intellect and will to God through believing basic convictions like Jesus is Lord and was raised from the dead. Faith also requires doing the will of God as expressed through love for others. Finally, faith involves trusting God and entrusting oneself to God's hands through prayer and worship, both personally and communally through liturgy.

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The Three Dimensions of Faith

The document discusses the three dimensions of faith: believing, doing, and trusting. It explains that Christian faith involves committing one's intellect and will to God through believing basic convictions like Jesus is Lord and was raised from the dead. Faith also requires doing the will of God as expressed through love for others. Finally, faith involves trusting God and entrusting oneself to God's hands through prayer and worship, both personally and communally through liturgy.

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The Three Dimensions of Faith

Vatican II explains this faith-response as follows, By faith man freely commits his entire self to God, making the f!ll s!"mission of his intellect and will to God who re#eals$, and willingly assenting to the %e#elation gi#en "y &im' (DV )*+ ,hristian Faith to!ches e#ery part of !so!r minds ("elie#ing*, o!r wills (doing*, and o!r hearts (tr!sting*+

Faith as B./I.VI0G
Faith in#ol#es o!r "asic con#ictions as ,hristians+ For if yo! confess with yo!r lips that 1es!s is /ord, and "elie#e in yo!r heart that God raised him from the dead2 yo! will "e sa#ed' (%om+ 34-5*+ These things ha#e "een recorded to help yo! "elie#e that 1es!s is the 6essiah, the 7on of God, so that thro!gh this faith yo! may ha#e life in his name' (1n+ 84-93*+

,hristian Faith is personal knowledge of 1es!s ,hrist as my /ord and my God' (1n 84-8:*+ ,hrist solemnly ass!res each of !s- &ere I stand knocking at the door+ If anyone hears me calling and opens the door, I will enter his ho!se, and ha#e s!pper with him, and he with me' (%#+ 9-84*+

Faith as D;I0G
<s 7t+ 1ames writes- 6y "rothers, what good is it to profess faith witho!t practicing it=' (1as+ 8-3>*+ 0one of those who cry o!t /ord, /ord$ will enter the ?ingdom of God, "!t only the one who does the will of my Father in hea#en+' (6t+ @-98* This is how all will know yo! for my disciplesyo!r lo#e for one another+' (1n 39-9)*

Faith is .0T%A7TI0GBC;%7&IDDI0G
Faith is also entr!sting oneself into God$s hands+ .#erything is possi"le to a man who tr!sts+' (6k 5-89* Faith is from the heart-the lo#ing, tr!sting, and hoping in the /ord that comes from God$s own lo#e flooding o!r hearts+ This tr!sting Faith li#es and grows thro!gh prayer and worship'+

Gen!ine personal prayer and gro!p prayer find "oth their inspirational so!rce and s!mmit of perfection in the /it!rgy, the ,atholic comm!nity$s official p!"lic Trinitarian worship of the Father, thro!gh 1es!s ,hrist o!r /ord, in the &oly 7pirit (D,D II @>-@@*+

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