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Heb 11:1 What is Faith?
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Jan 27, 2025, 6:17:55 AMJan 27
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What is Faith?
Heb 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
This is not to say that such faith is blind faith - having no basis but faith itself. Christian faith has its basis in the evidence of the eyewitness accounts of Christ's miracles and his resurrection from the dead, though the object of faith is that which is not seen. For example while we today have not seen Jesus. "Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy" 1Peter 1:8 Yet the Bible teaches us to believe in him based upon the eyewitness testimony to his miracles and in particular to his resurrection from the dead. Peter writes, "We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty." 2Peter 1:16 and he preached, "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know." Acts 2:22 Likewise Paul preached, "God has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." Acts 17:31
Furthermore concerning the fulfillment of our Christian hope it says, "we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." Rom 8:23-25
The subtle difference between faith and hope is that hope is a feeling of anticipation of that which one believes will happen.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
This is not to say that such faith is blind faith - having no basis but faith itself. Christian faith has its basis in the evidence of the eyewitness accounts of Christ's miracles and his resurrection from the dead, though the object of faith is that which is not seen. For example while we today have not seen Jesus. "Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy" 1Peter 1:8 Yet the Bible teaches us to believe in him based upon the eyewitness testimony to his miracles and in particular to his resurrection from the dead. Peter writes, "We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty." 2Peter 1:16 and he preached, "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know." Acts 2:22 Likewise Paul preached, "God has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." Acts 17:31
Furthermore concerning the fulfillment of our Christian hope it says, "we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." Rom 8:23-25
The subtle difference between faith and hope is that hope is a feeling of anticipation of that which one believes will happen.
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