Yes clete , I'm always learning more about Jesus , the Holy Spirit , and the Salvation process whenever I talk to others about it . Thank you for expressing a legit interest and in a respectful way .
This is the rest of what I have to share and how I will present it .
I've already gone over the Greek word , it's importance , the right definition , and how it was not able to be translated into the English language .
I will continue first , with examples of how this mistranslation has affected our basic understanding of how faithing ( pisteuo ) is viewed .
Then I will give some Scriptural evidence by showing how pisteuo or Faithing was meant to be communicated and recieved .
Then I will share my understanding of the complete Salvation journey , from start to finish . I have it , in detail . It is broke down into five phases .
Every fact I post is a point of reference , you described it perfectly . I will need a minimum of 7 or 8 more posts or what I've been identifying as facts to complete this understanding to be tested .
Oh , and I'll at some point describe the two specific paths . One of todays church world , and the second , the one that seems to have been forgotten .
I'll begin with the next fact this afternoon .
Ok clete let's get this back on track .
Fact 10
Because of " pisteuo " the verb form of " Faith " not able to be correctly translated into the English language , we as people have lost not only the correct definition , but the understanding of what pisteuo is and how it is fulfilled .
Pisteuo or the verb form of Faith is an act , based upon a belief , sustained by confidence , it's a verb . And the object of pisteuo or faithing is always something unseen . When the unseen becomes seen it then becomes a fact and nolonger Faith , faithing or pisteuo anymore .
So with that background in place , let me ask a question .
How many acts of pisteuo would you guess each and every person fulfills daily ? Think about it , how many times do you engage a specific act , based upon a specific belief , sustained by a specific kind of confidence ?
Here are some examples . And I realize there probably not the greatest examples , but hopefully get the point across .
1) when you went to bed last night , did you check to make sure the air was not bad , and that there was enough air to breath while you slept ?
No , you performed a specific act , got into bed , based upon a specific belief , their was enough good air , and sustained by a specific kind of confidence , you went to sleep risking your life on the results . Now I realize , as so many past acts of pisteuo have been done so many times , they become fact or subliminal , and are really not Faith anymore . But the very first time it was ..
2) when you got out of bed , did you check to make sure the floor would hold your weight ? Did you make sure your legs worked before you walked to the bathroom ?
,3) when got into your car , did you make sure the 25 gallons of gas wasn't leaking 4 feet behind your seat ? When you drove through the intersection on that green light , did you make sure the guy who had the red light was going to stop ?
All these examples are acts of pisteuo or how " Faith" is applied . They are specific acts , based upon specific beliefs , and sustained by a specific kind of confidence . And alot of the time our lives depend on a positive result . I could probably go onto give a thousand examples of how pisteuo , Faith is applied by each of us every day . Most of which may not have anything to do with Faith and faithing towards God .
We were created to be beings of continual faithing .
The word pisteuo in the NT is a specific act , based upon a specific belief , sustained by a specific kind of confidence . This is where the Strongs and Vines definitions come in .
The Strongs gives the disclaimer , " pisteuo means not just to believe " , but to place confidence in, to trust , reliance upon , committed unto , be committed unto ."
The Vines : a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by such surrender "
These definitions are the specific acts , based upon the specific belief , sustained by a specific kind of confidence , to become " in Christ " .
Pisteuo does come from the OT Hebrew . The OT has only two pictorial words for Faith .1) the running to the shelter of a mother birds wings . Emphasis on the act of running to something , with the belief that one will be sheltered under the mother birds wings , and sustained by by a continual running towards the shelter .
2) " the leaning on a staff with all your weight behind it " here a decision is made to lean on the staff, the act , based upon the belief that the staff will not break , and sustained by the confidence that I will continue to lean on the staff and make sure all my weight is being surrendered to it . This is fulfilling pisteuo or NT saving Faith , we are to continually surrender ourselves to the staff who is Christ , with the real risk that we are risking our life on something unseen .
The point of fact 10 is to show that the real understanding of pisteuo , faithing , how it is perceived and applied was lost when there was no verb form of Faith put in the English language . It has now become a very big problem because the words they chose to communicate pisteuo , " the words believe , believer , and believing , are not what the Writers of the NT were trying to communicate . Believing is only about one third of what true pisteuo is . Taken on its own starts a path of errors .