What Do You Want Me To Do For You? - a podcast by Brunswick SDA Church

“The Christian’s faith in something that cannot be seen is a source of
wonder to the unbeliever, and is often the object of ridicule and contempt.
The worldling regards the simple faith of the Christian as an evidence
of weakness of mind, and with a complacent smile at the thought
of the superiority of his own intellect, he declares that he never believes
a thing without evidence; he never jumps at conclusions, and doesn’t
believe anything that he cannot see and understand...
As a matter of fact, faith is one of the commonest things. There is no
skeptic who does not have faith to a greater or less degree; and in very
many cases they go even farther, and manifest simple credulity. But the
element of faith underlies all business transactions, and all the affairs of
life. Two men make an appointment to meet at a certain time and place,
to transact certain business; each has to trust the other’s word. The merchant
has to exercise faith in his employees and his customers. Yea,
more, he has to, unconsciously it may be, exercise faith in God; for he
will send his ships across the ocean, with confidence that they will return
again loaded with merchandise, and yet he must know that their
safe return depends on the winds and the waves, which are beyond human
control. And even though he never once thinks of the power that
controls the elements, he puts confidence in the officers and crew...
Well, the Christian has a thousand-fold more ground for his faith in the
promises of God. Faith is not blind credulity. Says the apostle: ‘Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence [ground, or confidence]
of things not seen.’ Hebrews 11:1. This is an inspired definition,
and therefore we may conclude that the Lord does not expect us to
exercise faith except on evidence. Now it can readily be shown that the
Christian has the same ground for exercising faith in God, that the skeptic
has for his confidence in the railroad and telegraph companies, or in
the government; and a great deal more.”
- The Full Assurance of Faith, Ellen White

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