I mean it was replaced by knowledge, knowledge that is firm, certain. Faith can mean believing by accepting despite having no proof, but if you have proof, i.e. firsthand knowledge, then faith is unnecessary. I was blessed, gifted the knowledge that He is real. I cannot produce anything tangible for another to inspect, just offer my personal testimony that I was once agnostic, a doubting Thomas, and slowly acquired faith, and after years in which that faith slowly grew and became stronger, one day about 7 years ago His spirit came into me and filled me with pure ecstasy. After a few hours the spirit left me, but now if I denied God (not that I want to, but we all have the choice to turn our backs or deny it) it would be the unforgivable sin. Because now I know.
I mean it was replaced by knowledge, knowledge that is firm, certain. Faith can mean believing by accepting despite having no proof, but if you have proof, i.e. firsthand knowledge, then faith is unnecessary. I was blessed, gifted the knowledge that He is real. I cannot produce anything tangible for another to inspect, just offer my personal testimony that I was once agnostic, a doubting Thomas, and slowly acquired faith, and after years in which that faith slowly grew and became stronger, one day about 7 years ago His spirit came into me and filled me with pure ecstasy. After a few hours the spirit left me, but now if I denied God (not that I want to, but we all have the choice to turn our backs or deny it) it would be the unforgivable sin. Because now I know.