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Faith is the placebo

Mark 5:34 "Your Faith has made you well."

Gen 15:6  Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty

 What is faith?  Lets look at the words used in these two verses. First the New Testament a Greek word :

 πίστις Transliteration: pistis (pis'-tis)
Thayer Definition: conviction of the truth of anything, belief.    
And then the old testament 
אמן Transliteration: 'âman (aw-man')
Strong's Definition: A primitive root; properly to build up or support ; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain
Because of Abraham's "aman", his faith, he was found righteous. Yeshua said "believe in me and so shall you be saved". It is by faith that we are saved. The woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5 was made well by her faith. Every thing we encounter must encounter our faith. We either believe it will work out or we doubt. Our faith is applied continually. It is called belief. There is healing but it comes not from the physician but from the healing power of faith.
 Medically we call this a placebo. A placebo test is a double blind test in order to remove the faith healing from the pharmaceuticals effects where one group receives sugar pills and another the test drug. Science discovers faith in action but refuses to acknowledge its presence, thus calling it a placebo. Faith is the foundation of Christianity but not understood by many Christians. The question then returns to us, what is faith? 
Yahshua gave us an instruction 
Matthew
37  Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
 38  This is the first and greatest commandment.
 39  The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself'

We are instructed to love 1st YHVH with all our heart and to 2nd love our neighbor as we love ourselves. We are not even called to love ourselves, he just knows we do so we are to love others the same way we love ourselves. What is your response to the instruction? Is your response proof of your genuine loyalty? 

 Faith in Christ in my opinion is obedience to His instructions. Most Christians believe that all they must do is believe in grace and they can live any way they like. They use their faith to believe in personal gain and luxuries rather than obediently following the instructions their Savior has giving them. Christians want Christ to do all the work, but faith without works is dead! When you ask YHVH for a miracle He gives you an instruction, dip seven times, walk around seven times then blow the horn, put a snake on rod etc. There is always an instruction from God and your response is the proof of your faith. This is why the scriptures say that the people say they love God with their lips but their heart is far from Him. Your faith determines how you live, what you value, and who or what you put first.

- The Responsible Christian

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