When looking at Fideism it is clear that there are some areas that have clouded the world view of Christian truth and life, and that the methods are inadequate when it comes to establishing truth in a Christian world view. Along with the negative aspects of Fideism there are some positive contributions that have been made.
First, the antirationalistic emphasis of fideism has significant value. The idea that man can in no way comprehend or describe the existence and the power of all mighty God is absolutely true. God is outside of man’s ability to grasp completely. Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz tried to disprove the existence of God using mathematical and geometric formulas only to prove that God cannot be understood mathematically.
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In other words, facts that have been produced cannot produce faith in the heart of a believer. A person that believes in the existence of God through His Son Jesus Christ, will only do so by the
Hudgins-2 drawing power of the Holy Spirit not based on the Christian evidence. No matter how strong the argument or how well the evidence is presented to a lost man, He cannot be coerced into believing in God apart from the working power of the Holy Ghost.
Fourthly, the Fideists proved that faith is more than just intellectual, it is volitional. In other words, one cannot just stack up evidence to prove or disprove God and thereby make a decision to believe in Him; one must willingly and completely by faith trust in Him regardless of the evidence. To believe in God is a decision that takes place in the heart not the mind, and then involves a commitment of the whole person to live for God.
Fifthly, the Fideists stressed the importance of truth. If one is to believe in the existence of God or in anything else for that matter, truth must be the primary focus. To trust in God is to believe that He is who He said He is, and that He will do what He said He would