writing assignment 528

Write two new paragraphs, one articulating how Paul describes today’s battle agains evil through faith, and the other articulating how you and your community does so daily (comparing/contrasting with Paul).

Reading list:

http://www.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/1

http://www.usccb.org/bible/galatians/1

-Faith is seeing what really is, no matter how much it is veiled by systems of power.

-Faith is seeing and acting not according to that system of power (the flesh) and what it produces (Gal 5:19-21)

-Faith produces the Spirit (Gal 3:5).

-Faith sees and acts in new, not-yet-seen worlds (i.e,. the Spirit). See Hebrews 11, which was probably written by a colleague of Paul.

-Faith is active. It is a work (1 Thess 1:3; Gal 5:6).

-Faith fulfills and produces love (Gal 5:6).

-Faith produces the Spirit, which in turn produces fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal 5:22-23).

-There can be no real laws against what faith produces. Systems of power are powerless against it. (Galatians 5:23).