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Taking the definition of faith and doubt as described above, Jesus is basically saying here, ''If you have a knowledge of who I am [and they did because they were with Jesus and saw that he was God], and you trust that knowledge in a practical sense, you will be capable of great things''.
==Famous People on "Faith"=====Martin Luther on Faith===
Luther in his Table Talk papers writes this thought provoking and rather difficult passage on faith:
:This is the acme of faith, to believe that God, who saves so few and condemns so many, is merciful; that he is just who, at his own pleasure, has made us necessarily doomed to damnation, so that he seems to delight in the torture of the wretched and is more deserving of hate than of love. If by any effort of reason I could conceive how God, who shows so much anger and harshness, could be merciful and just, there would be no need of faith.
==Criticisms of "This is the acme of faith, to believe that God, who saves so few and condemns so many, is merciful; that he is just who, at his own pleasure, has made us necessarily doomed to damnation, so that he seems to delight in the torture of the wretched and is more deserving of hate than of love. If by any effort of reason I could conceive how God, who shows so much anger and harshness, could be merciful and just, there would be no need of faith.Faith"==
==References==
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== External links ==
'''Evangelical perspectives of Faith'''
* Holding, James Patrick, [http://tektonics.org/whatis/whatfaith.html Fallacious Faith]
'''Non-Evangelical perspectives of Faith'''*[http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/finding-faith-in-christ/video/finding-faith-in-christ Finding Faith in Christ], video at ''JesusChrist.lds.org'' [[Category:Religion]][[Category:Philosophy]][[Category:Christianity]]