A Little About King Arthur and a Little Dose of Faith


King Arthur: Faith and Believe

Stories based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are about the quest between good and evil.  I enjoy old literature such as “Le Morte D’Arthur” by Sir Thomas Malory and other books and tales based on the legend of King Arthur and Merlin.  Without a doubt, there would be no King Arthur without faithful Merlin.   I’ve been watching “Merlin,” a series on television, over the last few months.  Definitely, the series changes the station in society of the characters among other things, but each episode has the battle of Good versus Evil with Good winning.  In season five and the episode named “The Disir,” King Arthur has to choose between keeping the ban on magic or accepting magic in order to save Sir Mordred.  As Merlin and King Arthur are camping outside the cave of the Disir, King Arthur asks Merlin how he knew that they had entered sacred grounds.  Merlin replied, “I feel it.”  Merlin could feel it, see it in the surroundings, and sense the presence of magic, because he had magic in him.  King Arthur on the other hand said, “I don’t believe,” so he sensed and felt nothing.  King Arthur believed in his knights and close friends and had faith in their allegiance.  He did not believe he needed magic, so he chose to keep magic banned.  With this decision, he had sealed his fate, death by the hands of Sir Mordred.   If he had chosen magic, Mordred would have died of his fatal wounds and King Arthur’s destiny would have changed.    King Arthur considered magic to be evil not realizing that it was magic protecting him for the good of Camelot.

The magic protecting King Arthur was Merlin’s faith in magic.  Merlin believed in magic and had faith that magic could work for the good of Camelot.  Here are the two words with different definitions but used together often.  Sometimes, the definitions are confused.  Believe is to accept something as true or hold a strong opinion about something, and faith is to have a strong confidence in someone or something or completely trust in someone or something.   Hebrews 11:1 tells us that “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."   Merlin believed in magic because he had magic, but to have faith in his magic took more than believing.   Merlin had to have faith that his magic could protect and win over Evil.

Belief and Faith, we all experience both.  Believe comes from seeing, feeling, and knowing something is true.  We can believe in a lot of things.  Right now, I turn on the news and I truly believe that I will hear more promises from politicians running for president who know these promises can’t be kept.   It is evident, I don’t believe in politicians.  I believe in God.  As Merlin has magic, I have a Savoir, Jesus Christ.  Yes, I believe, and I have faith that my God will direct my paths as long as I follow Him.  My faith will protect me from the evil one. 

Genesis 15:6 says of Abraham, “He believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”  Abraham believed in God and had faith in God’s promises.   Abraham believed God would take care of him as he left his home and started on his journey.   The same promises are there for us in this new age if we believe.   To believe is to accept as true; accept and receive Jesus into our hearts.  Once this step is made, you will know God is there because you will feel and sense God’s presence.  God will shield and protect you from evil.

Romans 5:1 and 2 tell us, “being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”   Our faith in God justifies us where we have peace and access with God through Jesus Christ.  Completely trust Him.  Faith will give us peace and we can rejoice knowing that God is near.   Faith assures us that God is with us.

King Arthur had faith in men, his knights.  Unfortunately, King Arthur was betrayed by those closest to him.  He could not bring himself to believe in magic, the one thing that protected him from evil through Merlin.  If only, he could have had faith.  In reality, it is better to have faith in God who “commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)  In reality, there is a battle between Good and Evil, and we need to believe in God and have faith in His power to protect us from Evil.

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