Since the creation of man, beginning with Adam, we observe that when trust failed, obedience ceased, and immediately there passed over all life a growth of mildew, and humanity failed to realize itself. Thus, the fundamental truth is taught that man can only realize his own God-created life by trusting God and walking in the way of His commandments.
The principal subject of faith is that of the life stories of individual and representative men: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Throughout all these men’s lives the supreme revelation is that of God seeking to restore men to obedience by restoring them to the main principle of human life, that of faith in Himself.
Faith is seen having different methods of expression. These men teach that faith is the basis upon which God can work His will in man, and upon which man can realize the will of God. Man is not wholly of the dust, but that between him and God there is immediateness of relationship.
Ultimately, man only finds himself and realizes the true meaning of his own life as he places his confidence in God and obeys Him with unquestioning loyalty.
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