Johannes began this book by mourning the fact that people want to go further than faith, but now he bluntly states that he doesn’t really think anybody can. This means that modern people who try to go further are deluding themselves and others. Johannes also dispels the belief that once a person has faith, they no longer really move forward because they are stopping at faith. However, because even the most faithful person still exists in the universal, they are still able to move forward in other areas of their lives. The difference faith makes is that people who have it aren’t afraid of the future, but hopeful and optimistic.