Information exchange in the social imagination is our social reality. All that happens to us, happens through the exchange of information; the good, the bad and ugly. If we relied on man's social imagination, we would be limited and framed by a lot of misinformation. Thankfully, we understand that "through faith we understand the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that thing which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Hebrews 11:3
Information is the communication of words. We in our social environment exchange words which create our world. If we want to overcome the world as we find it, we must choose our words wisely and when we do, we find ourselves in the best information system - God's imagination.
One of many examples of the importance of information exchange 'words and word order' comes to us in Numbers 30:1-31:54. We can read the regulations the Lord
gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and
between a father and a young daughter who still lives at home. We are
being told about the exchange of information, communication which is
about words, word order in the form of vows and pledges, and when they
are said 'sent' and heard 'received'. You see, words having meaning and
they cannot and should not be taken lightly. This was good advice in the
past (old testament) and it is still good advice in the present and
will be for the future.
Comment which was accepted but not posted by this site - Interesting that Paul calls faith evidence. Most people think of faith
as mere hope or belief. But That's because most people don't think that
belief has substance. Yet we know from our daily lives that belief plays
an important part in the things we say and do. if I have faith I can do
something, there's good chance I can and will. Now, you take what God
says is true, have faith in it and then you see what he says actually
happen. Adding faith to fact makes it manifest. Joseph Prince calls this
"right believing". Wrong believing leads to failure. Right believing
leads to success. So like Paul says, faith in what God says actually
becomes the evidence of something rightly believed in and actually makes
it become manifest in our experience. Kinda like adding water to
freeze-dried food makes it edible. Adding faith to fact makes it happen.
on Faith in the Social Imagination
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