GIFT OF FAITH AND SALVATION

The Bible is not to convince us that GOD exists.  The Bible does not give us FAITH by "proving" GOD, because that would require no FAITH at all.  How do we somehow know we will get through the "devastation" we now experience.  How do we know, absolutely know, even death won't destroy us?  This "knowing" is 'not our own doing, it is not a result of our own works, it has been prepared before us, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD...(Ephesians 2:6).  This CONFIDENCE, TRUST AND RELIANCE IS FAITH.  The GIFT OF FAITH IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE GIFT OF SALVATION.   The Bible is just introducing us to the CHARACTER OF GOD; THE ONE WHO GIVES THE GIFT OF FAITH AND SALVATION.