Nuggets from “An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith [1]” by Dave Hunt – Is There a “Law of Faith”?
The idea persists that faith is believing something strongly enough to make it happen. This delusion is usually found among those who imagine they hold to a scientific religion. Science [2] works according to consistent laws. It is commonly taught, especially by those in the so-called faith movement, that there is a “law of faith” that works like gravity or thermodynamics, and if we obey that law, what we desire will be granted as automatically as the predictable reaction between chemicals in a test tube. “Faith” is thus seen as a force we can wield to get what we want rather than a trust in God to effect what is best according to His will. There is a great difference.
This self-centered belief has at least four problems:
Links:
[1] https://store.thebereancall.org/shop?&search=urgent%20call
[2] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/58/science
[3] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/ROM/6/14#v14
[4] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/MAT/6/10#v10