Chapter 4


TRUTH AND FAITH

By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze


What a man has not experienced,
that he does not know.
…Raphael Nweze


WHAT FAITH MEANS
         Faith means to know the Truth and to work with it. To work with Truth means to apply it, follow it and live according to it.
         Any faith that is not based on Truth is falsehood, blind faith or false belief. Such faith is both unnecessary and dangerous.
         It is dangerous in the sense that it sets the holder against Truth. Such a person will experience difficulties in life because Truth is victorious. It can harm, crush or kill those who oppose it. That is why Jesus said that whoever falls on the everlasting rock will shatter into pieces, and whoever the rock falls upon, is crushed.

Indeed, many things churches consider
as expressions of faith
are nothing but false beliefs.

FAITH OR FATE
         Majority of People claim to have faith, whereas everyday observations show that they have resigned themselves to fate. What is more disappointing is that many of the things people believe in are false, hence blind faith.
         Faith is the knowledge of Truth and living according to the Truth. Faith becomes useless (blind faith) when it is based on falsehood, misconception, ignorance and wrong teachings. However well you apply a blind faith, it can only keep you running on the spot, without progress or hope.

What is more?
Whoever that follows a blind man,
makes himself a blind fellow!
…Raphael Nweze

KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF
         To believe is good, and to know is better. It is good to be a believer. However, it is much better to know, because it is a disgrace to be an ignorant believer. To know the Truth means to experience God, and live in the Truth, by the Truth, for the Truth, as the Truth and with the Truth.
         There are so many unanswered questions. The religious leaders should become as investigative as the scientist in research. Jesus said it correctly, “Seek, and you will find.” It is better to test and confirm the Truth hundred times, than to hold one - single - belief that is false!

Search for the Truth,
and find it wherever it is.

Should A Person Read The Holy Books Of Other Religions?
         Below are four answers to the above questions:
  1. Parable of the Glorious Messengers
    2. There was a nation of several tribes. Out of ignorance and selfishness, they often quarreled among themselves. The Gods decided to help them out. Therefore, they selected a messenger for every tribe, from the midst of the wise ones. All the messengers were given the same message and doctrines for their respective tribes. The messengers went, delivered their messages and returned. Still the tribes quarreled among themselves. All because each thinks it is the best tribe, and no tribe was wise and humble enough to discover that all the tribes have same God and the same religion, in different manifestations. So it is with the different religions of the world. Even so, Today!

  2. Every child of God should become as wise as a bee, and as rich as honey.
    3. The bee travels to different places, both far and near, to collect nectar from flowering plants. Then it uses the different nectars to produce honey: as sweet as honey.

  3. Every child of God should become like fire, which consumes everything, but itself is not consumed.

  4. Therefore,
    5. be as wise as serpent and as innocent as a dove. Jesus said it all.
WHAT IS TRUE FAITH?
         Any of the following is true faith. The belief that:
  1. Those in darkness can be enlightened.
  2. The heedless ones can be made cautious.
  3. Those sleeping can be awakened.
  4. The earthly can become heavenly.
  5. The satanic can become divine.
  6. The worthless can be made meaningful.
  7. The imperfect can be made perfect.
  8. That any non-existent good thing is possible.