I BELIEVE GOD'S TESTIMONY OF HIMSELF
WHAT DO I BELIEVE ABOUT GOD AND HIS SON? The Hebrew word for believe is Aman, it means to lean upon, picture a person leaning against something. To believe God is to lean upon God. This is the word we use to sign every petition we made of God, "Amen.". In Hebrew the "E" in the middle of the word "Amen" is pronounce as "Ay" as in HAY. So you might hear a rabbi say, Amain instead of Amen because the "E" gives the "Ay" sound. When we say in the name of Jesus Christ Amen, this is what we are are actually saying; in the name of Jesus Christ I believe, or in the name of Jesus Christ I am leaning. The Hebrew word Aman is transitive, this mean it must have an object. Belief cannot stand alone, it must have an object on which to believe, you cannot believe in belief. The object of our belief must be able to sustain that for which we are believing. I would not lean against a dangling rope expecting it to hold me up. ...