Question/Answer - Numero 8

1. How do I relate to faith? How did Don Richardson relate to Faith? How do the Sawi relate to faith?

How do I relate to faith?

Someone who I can have faith in is someone who I can trust and rely on. That someone to me is God. Although I admit that my faith is not complete and can waver when I face hardships, I believe that God can give me strength and courage to stand back up.

Faith gives me Fortitude and courage to take action.
Faith acts like an Antidote for my heart lacerated with sin.
Faith helps me to be Introspective and reflective of how I live my life.
Faith with prayer helps Transports me to God in times of adversity
Faith removes various kinds of Hindrances that attempt to impede my relationship with God.

How did Don Richardson relate to Faith?

Don Richardson related to his faith in God as his motivation to go and help the Sawi people learn about Christianity. Although Richardson despairs in times when he experiences difficulties in trying to convey the message of God to the Sawi people, his unwavering and consistent faith in God produces the result of the Sawi believing in God.

Faith gave Richardson Fervor and passion to spread the word of God to the Sawi people.
Faith helped Richardson to Approach the cannibalistic tribe with courage.
Faith gave Richardson the ability to Ignite the light of Christianity for the Sawi people.
Faith helped Richardson to Traverse and to have perseverance with the Sawi people.
Faith enabled him to have Hope even when he faced hardships.

How do the Sawi relate to faith?

The faith of the Sawi people consisted of malevolent spirits, cannibalism, and treachery. “Tuwi asonai man”, which means, “to fatten with friendship for slaughter” is the basis of their faith. When Richardson came, he found that they had no words to describe the concept of God, therefore, could not have had any possible relationship to Christianity.

However, the redemptive analogy overturned the tide.

Upon Richardson’s declaration of him leaving the tribe because of constant war between the tribes, the tribes decided to guarantee peace by the “Peace Child”. By exchanging the Peace Child, this promised peace between the tribe as far as the peace child lived. Here is where the redemptive analogy comes in to play. Jesus is portrayed as God’s Peace Child, who guarantees eternal peace. Jesus’ crucifixion can also tie in when one of the tribe leaders expresses sorrow over his son, a Peace Child who was killed and eaten by the other tribe. Richardson presents God’s one and only Son killed by the ones who God gave His Son voluntarily to. Eventually the Sawi people come to accept God and establish a church.

The faith of the Sawi people was filled with Furor in treachery and betrayal.
The faith of the Sawi people was difficult to Approach with an attempt to change it.
To the Sawi, their faith was Immaculate and flawless.
Their traditional faith in cannibalism and treason was the focus of the life of the Sawi people.
However, the Sawi people finally came to understand God and Jesus through redemptive analogy.




http://www.chapmanstables.com/pm%20angel%20with%20flashlight.jpg
http://www.findjewellery.co.uk/images/l_p005.jpg