John Wild

Such disclosures in faith accentuate the existential nature of faith-that faith is not something discovered by ordinary mental processes and thus possessed by man. Truth here possesses man but only when the man of faith responds wholeheartedly by living in and doing the truth. (John 7:17).

Truth Discovered in Existentital Decisions

Truth is existentially apprehended because truth itself is a description of the right relationships which on the one hand should exist within all creation, and on the other hand, between all creation and its Maker.Nothing is static-all creation is in some kind of dynamic relationship with its counterparts.To thwart the proper or destined relationship is to reject life and to invite disaster.For this reason, "genuine faith is life."[5] God is not understood as Lord except to the man who recognizes his human impotency and who chooses to accept His claim and demands as well as His offers and assurances.The act of faith is a decision of obedience in response to God's own personal encounter with man.
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John stressed the function of the Holy Spirit as that of witnesses to Christ but the "witnessing to" is not accomplished by mere referral to an historical event.Faith is no mere memory of a past event but life and activity in the presence of Him who creates anew and is Himself present in His gifts.

By faith we behold Him here and now.In our daily experience we discern His goodness and compassion in the manifestation of His providence.We recognize Him in the character of His Son.The Holy Spirit takes the truth concerning God and Him whom He hath sent, and opens it to the understanding and to the heart.[11]

The work of the Holy Spirit is to make faith self-authenticating.
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The beloved John had a knowledge gained through his own experience.He could testify: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us) that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." So everyone may be able, through his own experience, to "set his seal to this, that God is true.". . . He can bear witness to that which he himself has seen and heard and felt of the power of Christ.He can testify:

"I needed help, and I found it in Jesus.Every want was supplied, the hunger of my soul was satisfied; the Bible is to me the revelation of Christ.I believe in Jesus because He is to me a divine Saviour.I believe the Bible because I have found it to be the voice of God to my soul."[12]

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1 John 3:24; 2:3.This is the genuine evidence of conversion.Whatever our profession, it amounts to nothing unless Christ is revealed in works of righteousness.[21]

The ethical transformation of the Church is the reason for the delay in the second advent of Jesus Christ.The gospel is vindicated only when its claims are realized and validated in the lives of its adherents.Christianity is more a matter of exhibiting a product than of proclaiming news about God.
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Thus John Wild, a distinguished philosopher, teacher, member of the Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy, says:

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If, as John Wild suggests, existentialism is one of several alternatives to modern radical theology, it surely needs something more to offer to restless, lonely mankind, than the uncertain philosophy that God may be absent, even though He is not dead.

Such disclosures in faith accentuate the existential nature of faith-that faith is not something discovered by ordinary mental processes and thus possessed by man. Truth here possesses man but only when the man of faith responds wholeheartedly by living in and doing the truth. (John 7:17).

Truth Discovered in Existentital Decisions
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John stressed the function of the Holy Spirit as that of witnesses to Christ but the "witnessing to" is not accomplished by mere referral to an historical event.Faith is no mere memory of a past event but life and activity in the presence of Him who creates anew and is Himself present in His gifts.
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The beloved John had a knowledge gained through his own experience.He could testify: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us) that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." So everyone may be able, through his own experience, to "set his seal to this, that God is true.". . . He can bear witness to that which he himself has seen and heard and felt of the power of Christ.He can testify:
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1 John 3:24; 2:3.
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Thus John Wild, a distinguished philosopher, teacher, member of the Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy, says:
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If, as John Wild suggests, existentialism is one of several alternatives to modern radical theology, it surely needs something more to offer to restless, lonely mankind, than the uncertain philosophy that God may be absent, even though He is not dead.