perhaps the difference between what I miserable and that what is spectacular lies in the leap of faith
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Explanation:
Faith is submission. That leaping refers to the common and erroneous definition of faith, only poetically rendered in Scripture: belief in things hoped for but not yet seen.
Such a definition focuses improperly on the self as arbiter of discipleship: what the self chooses to believe and hope for — or worse — conjure (in the name of, by the power of, covered by the Blood).
In truth, the spectacular arrives through submission. When Jesus laments the people have no faith or belief, He is saying they refuse to submit to God and trust in Him. Whether they consciously choose to leap is beside the point.
In the children's play Peter Pan the children are asked to save Tinker Bell's life by clapping to show they believe. This is only interactive theatre intended to further the conceit. It's intended to appeal to the power of the self. As Paul was constructing his hybrid cult he likely employed this dynamic.
See how it contradicts with dying to self. This paradox is simply an artifact of the political infighting during that cult formation.