Wednesday, October 30, 2002
On faith . . .
Weak faith is true faith - as precious, though not so great as strong faith: the same Holy Ghost the author, the same gospel the instrument.
If it never proves great, yet weak faith shall save; for it interests us in Christ, and makes Him and all His benefits ours. For it is not the strength of our faith that saves, but truth of our faith - nor weakness of our faith that condemns, but the want of faith; for the least faith layeth hold on Christ, and so will save us. Neither are we saved by the worth or quantity of our faith, but by Christ, who is laid hold on by a weak faith as well as strong. Just as a weak hand that can put meat into the mouth shall feed and nourish the body as well as if it were a strong hand; seeing the body is not nourished by the strength of the hand, but by the goodness of the meat.
-John Rogers, 1634 (as quoted by Bishop J.C. Ryle in
Holiness, 1879)
