Faith is the complete trust and confidence in Yahusha Hamashia. Does faith require knowledge? Yes, of course faith requires knowledge. But Faith doesn't stop there. Faith permits you to see and know things unseen and unknown.
Epistemology doesn't go far enough. We need to know the supernatural nature of knowledge, it's origin, it's limits and the limitlessness of knowledge. Epistemology is like a speed limit and limitations of knowledge. It's a governor to control the people and what they know. However I know people will disagree. But I ask, how do you know what you know? I know the universe was created with information. It's there even if I don't know it. Who knows what is in the 7th dimension just beyond the 7th galaxy.
The understanding or definition of Faith has been changed. It's like faith is a not to need to know why you do the things you do or know. People have gone to church for years and don't question traditional events when they should be using discernment. Faith is more than expecting something will happen if you say or do anything. That's called experience. If you flip a light switch on, it's not faith, it's experience.
All knowledge is not true. Deception uses knowledge to cover up corruption. Bright and shiny on the outside, and a total scam on the inside. Knowledge is used by the good, the bad, and the ugly. Knowledge gives a false comfort, a false security. It can be a false messiah and false pastor if it's dead. Knowledge through real faith is living. Living Knowledge, you say? How do you know what you say, you ask? I know because of experience with the Holy Spirit.
The question asked is, how do we know that faith is giving us a true account of what we didn't know? Is it just made up by our imagination.
Yahusha Hamashia said, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven."
Epistemology is about measuring and placing limits on what we know. Also telling us what we can or cannot know. It's regulations placed on knowledge, it's in the definition.
Once you get past regulations, sometimes it's called a gut feeling. It could be called a hunch, impression or instinct. Why do geese know what they know about flying south for the winter? Why can't people have an instinct about finding a Messiah or Salvation? Yahusha Hamashia is not my crutch, He is strength so I can stand. Yahusha Hamashia does not make me feel good, He makes me feel stupid in my eyes. Then His grace comforts me. It's through Him that I can live.
The Holy Spirit is our Comfort for our Soul. What is interesting is that the Holy Spirit is Seven Spirits. They are: Spirit of Yahuah, Spirit of Wisdom, Spirit of Understanding, Spirit of Counsel, Spirit of Might, Spirit of Knowledge and the Spirit of the Fear of Yahuah. The first is a Deity noun. All of the other six are feminine nouns. Through faith we know that Knowledge is feminine and a living Spirit. What is interesting is that Hebrew and Greek each have nine words for knowledge. The question is, when it comes to faith, it's considered an opinion. When it comes to atheists, knowledge is considered science? How do we know what we know about different types of Knowledge? Can we judge without experience?
It's like electricity. Wireless electricity was rejected because it cannot be regulated for profit. Electricity off the wire can be measured and sold. Regulated knowledge is sold for profit. Unregulate knowledge coming from the Holy Spirit eliminates the business of Religion and institutions selling knowledge. Secret societies are all about secret knowledge that makes them feel powerful.
Philosophical Roadblocks;
The question is, how can you have free will and foreknowledge? Having foreknowledge about the Antichrist and the False Prophet in power for 42 months and then, them being terminated in the Lake of Fire sets up limitations. Antichrist will be free to do Evil up to the point of their supernatural death. Antichrist will not be free to live in month 43.
But let us look at it in a different way. Believing in Yahusha Hamashia and the Bible sets up people to want to serve Yahuah Elohiym. Simply said, the Ten Commandments. Somebody holding onto free will might want to covet what the neighbors have. Depending on their choices, the neighbors lose might escalate into a feud. Using deception is fraud. Foreknowledge is about using spiritual GPS. There's still free will in foreknowledge. It's just an informed decision through prophecy. The prophet John said you cannot enter Heaven if you receive the Mark of the Beast. This foreknowledge tells us to not receive it a mark on our right hand and forehead used in global economic trade. If you do, you are beyond help.
Moral responsibility is an issue about free will. The question is, who will you be a slave to, wickedness or Yahuah Elohiym? Wickedness is by default. Yahusha is by choice. Many people get caught up into wicked religious orders. They think they are saved, but are not. Being a slave to a priest cannot save you. Being a child of Yahuah Elohiym through the sacrifice of Yahusha Hamashia gives you the free will of a child, also being disciplined. Notice the word disciple in discipled.
Other Philosophical Roadblocks can be as simple as confusion or to many questions blocking a conversation. Once again, the Holy Spirit is like having a Spiritual GPS. If you choose to ignore that voice, or don't recognize the Holy Spirit's voice without sound, you might suffer from not taking heed of the situation ahead of you.
Sometimes Philosophical Roadblocks come in the form of hypocrisy. You want to appear as having good form in the public's eyes, but inside you struggle with the wicked wretch you are. It's not the lack of self-esteem, but self instructions can only go so far. Self help rules can only go so far based upon the determination you have. Choosing to have Yahusha Hamashia in your life is being part of a spiritual vine. Self help is always there but it's rags in comparison to help from the Holy Spirit. Choosing the straight and narrow road of Yahuah Elohiym is saying no to free will of a wicked heart. A wicked heart is a heart of stone. A heart on the straight and narrow is a living heart.
How do you know what you need to know? First get past limitations of people and religion calling you back. Start talking to Yahusha Hamashia in a peaceful setting. Praying in the midst of dire need works too.
Yahuah Elohiym's will is not what happened in history. The untimely death is not His will. Death is caused by the rebellion against Holiness. When using Knowledge, we must be honest about what we know. If we are not honest about what we know, then we don't know what we know. We are the blind guides. Yahusha Hamashia is about giving sight to the blind. How do I know? it's in the Hank Williams song I Saw The Light.
"I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear savior inThen Jesus came like a stranger in the nightPraise the Lord, I saw the light"