Faith

The way Ayn Rand defines faith makes it sound like a fantasy, a whim, an arbitrary wish that originates in the fancy of a not-so-intelligent person’s imagination. In other words, any reasonably intelligent person would have nothing to do with faith, let alone base their life on it. Grace and faith go together. Grace is God’s unmerited favor. Salvation is costly. We are not able to afford it, even by our most valiant efforts. Even though we have done nothing to deserve it, God’s saves us. If it were our own performance, then we would be center-stage. Instead, God gets the attention and recognition. The Apostle Paul wrote, “Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving.”