We saints, for the most part, have abandoned personal faith for a public one. What I mean is this: we'd rather publicly display before others a faith that removes mountains, rather than a faith, in secret, that removes minuses in our lives.
David killed a lion and a bear in private before defeating a giant openly. We attempt to master any and all visible things in life, except those pertaining to self and our closet. We need to learn to walk on land before we trying to walk on water.
If you're familiar with Paul's writings, you are aware of the fact, he primarily stresses an inward faith that subdues personal (fleshly) desires that are harmful to us, both spiritually and physically. He is not a big advocate of a "fanfare faith," so to speak.
Samson, we're told in Hebrews, was a man of faith. But it only involved the external, not the important internal things in his life. He was like the wise man in Ecclesiastes, "And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them." The man who carried the bars of the gate to the city on his shoulders, was held captive with the bars of sin around his soul!
A wholesome faith is one that believes Romans six and has crucified by faith unhealthy and sinful appetites, both in their spiritual and physical lives!
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