We often hear people speak about having a sixth sense. There are things we know even though they are beyond our five sense’s capabilities. They are not empirical. We cannot weigh them or measure them in any manner. Yet they are real. No one would say love isn’t real. However, only lovers playing an up-man-ship game try to quantify love by claiming they love the other more than they are loved. Justice is real but cannot be put in the balance held by the blind statue of justice. Perhaps it is because justice cannot be measured that we often times want to retaliate just a hair more than our cause demands.
I have come to believe faith is our sixth sense. It is something Jesus certainly thought we should have. He actually expected us to have it. Just in Luke we find the following. Concerning those who lowered the paralytic through the roof, “When Jesus saw their faith, he said, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven.’ ” Luke 5:20. He spoke of the great faith of the Centurion. Luke 7:9. To the woman who washed His feet He said, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” To the woman who touched his garment, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.” Luke 8:48. To the cleansed leper, “Rise and go: your faith has made you well.” Luke 17:19. The list goes on and on. It is a great study if you are wanting to have a refreshing time.
In Luke 17:5 the disciples figured this out and asked for more faith. Perhaps it is the greatest want of modern man. We are so educated in inductive and deductive logic and in the scientific method of research it is difficult for us to reach beyond our rational minds. Philosophers call it the “leap of faith.” It does appear it is something we need.
Written by Roger Bothwell on September 20, 2010
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