By faith He saves our soul from being alienated from God now, and by faith He also saves our bodies from sickness now and from death at the resurrection.
Before the fall, "faith" was simply normal communication between God and angels.
And, later. Between God and man.
Faith was the means for rapport between God and His angels.
When God wanted something? Without question, the angels would do it.
Satan came along with the lie as a means to get angels to stop having automatic rapport with God.
Now they had to question what they were told to do to see if it was from God by knowing what and who God is.
To do that? To know if it was now from God, or a lie?
Angels now needed to learn knowledge of God, as to be able to discern where something communicated was coming from.
Was it from God or a lie? Hence, the beginning of the need for the knowledge of good and evil.
Before the fall of Satan, there was no need to question what they were told to do or think.
Like we see with false teachers today, angels had their own assortment to work their way through by means of securing knowledge of the Truth. Today we gain knowledge of the Truth through accurate Bible teachings for us to think with and to have discernment.
That is why false teachings are insidious.
Some here are like silly women. Sad to say.
"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 2 Tim 3:7
They deflect off the truth they are shown, never really coming to grips with the Truth. Always altering it into some fantasy, into something different from what the truth actually is. It is frustrating to see in action. Infuriating. Then they demand that you be nice in the face of their disgrace. Manipulating you into behavioral modification to their liking, denying the Holy Spirit his right to control your emotions.
Yes... they are like silly women.
They are always learning. But they are never able to come to know the truth.
Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. In the same way, the teachers I’m talking
about oppose the truth. Their minds are twisted. As far as the faith is concerned,
God doesn’t accept them. They won’t get very far. Just like Jannes and Jambres,
their foolish ways will be clear to everyone.
But you know all about my teaching. You know how I live and what I live for.
You know about my faith and love. You know how patient I am. You know I haven’t given up.
You know that I was treated badly. You know that I suffered greatly. You know what kinds of
things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know how badly I have been treated.
But the Lord saved me from all my troubles.
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be treated badly.
2 Timothy 3:7-12