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IT IS THE DIVINE COMMAND AND THEREFORE IT IS MY DUTY TO DO SO
We are wrong in that belief, of course, but like the drug addict, we find it difficult to let go of our habit. We are hooked! Changing this habit requires effort and that is a great effort. For this we need faith. Some one defined the terms faith and fear with the same words.
v. "Faith is believing what we cannot see to come to pass;
vi. Fear is believing what we cannot see to come to pass."
This is really a revealing and interesting way of looking these two very important feelings. We may notice that the difference between these two definitions is the way in which we choose to focus on the subject. If the focus is on something we desire, then it is faith. If instead we choose to focus on what is undesirable, then it becomes fear. What this means is that:
i. Hope is expecting what is desirable to happen
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