[A little brother]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

I never said that.

Sorry if I misunderstood what you said. I just had to ask those questions to be sure.

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Faith is necessary for everything. But it depends what we use that faith for and how we use it. Are we using it to only save our spirit, or are we using it to gain Christ and save our whole spirit, soul, body? We cannot gain Christ merely by believing it into existence, Paul wrote about how much he suffered and lost "for whose sake I have lost all things", as this is in proportion to how much he gained Christ - the more he lost, the more he gained.

I like your "are we using it (faith) to gain Christ and save our whole spirit, soul, body?". It is a hundred times better than "we gain Christ by eating and drinking Him".