Is Faith in God Illogical?

Tough Questions. Real Answers.
Is Faith in God Illogical?

I. Introduction

A. Unasked questions don’t disappear; they just go underground. And whatever lives underground eventually shapes what grows above it.

II. Is Faith in God Illogical?

A. Faith is a –; not one of our .
Faith is a “non-sense” in that it isn’t confined to the physical world and operates beyond our five senses: sight,            sound, touch, taste, and smell.

B. Faith, much like love, joy and intuition, is not a of logic, but a realization that logic has its .

III. The Fractured Lens of the Human Heart

A. Genesis 28:16 (NIV) When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”

B. John 14:8 (NIV) Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

C. John 14:9a (NIV) Jesus answered, “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?”

IV. Rethinking the Goal of Faith

A. If what you’re seeking is irrefutable evidence so that faith can arrive at a place of 100% certainty, with no doubts or questions, you may be expecting something from faith that it was never intended to give.

B. The of faith is not doubt. The opposite of faith is !

C. Faith requires the to question. Without it, it’s not faith, it’s .

D. John 1:29 (NASB) The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

E. Matthew 11:3 (NLT) “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”

V. The Intersection of Faith

A. You can build your life on a Worldview with God, or you can build your life on a Worldview without God.

B. John 3:16 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

VI. Conclusion