It does? How does that follow? I have faith that my regular chair will hold me.
That would be a false accusation if it is directed at me. Is Spurgeon doing that in the OP? I don’t think so. Was Jesus weaponizing faith after the storm on Galilee? I am trying to encourage believers to seek assurances, through scripture and in the real world – that is part of what the objective evidence is about. Maybe what I’m saying is don’t be satisfied to be a ‘mere professor’ and believe in a maybe God. What did C.S. Lewis say?
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.