THE BLIND FAITH

                            introduction
               faith in biblical context.........what is faith?
in some cases many people have been confusing the word faith. this is may be not in spelling, mebut it might be in meaning. people think that "faith" means believing in anything, i am anxious to say that they are mistaken. however, what is faith? I might be little confused any way but i am sure of what I speak and present to you today. have you noted something from this short introduction? can you guess where could my faith be?
  it is true that there is a little difference between faith and belief. surely, you might be having a belief but you can lack faith. lets leave this aside anyway we will deal with it later for it is ahead of our lesson..
the meaning of faiththe only valid and important definition of faith is the one we get from God himself, through his holy bible. several meanings can be as follows ,, in this context then we are able to explore very important points regarding faith. these may include;

• Heb 11:1  here faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

• Heb 11:1  Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

• Heb 11:1 ) Faith... makes us certain of realities we do not see.

• Heb 11:1  Now faith means that we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.

• Heb 11:1  Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see

 
 ( a)   "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." So runs the celebrated line in Hebrews 11:1, the rationale that underpins so much of the Judeo-Christian tradition. According to that rationale, as the writer of the Epistle puts it, faith is a summation of hope and evidence apparently lies in "things not seen"—in the invisible and ineffable
    ( b)Faith is believing in what is true. Here Faith has two elements:
 1) being convinced of the truth, being certain of reality, having evidence of unseen things, and
 2) believing, hoping in, embracing, seizing the truth

While faith requires being convinced that what we believe in is true, just knowing the truth is only half of faith. God's word must be hoped for, embraced, seized!

Luke 17:5  The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.
     
FAITH VS BELIEF
Believing is not exactly the same as faith. For belief to be faith, it must light on what is certainly true. Yet Scripture gives examples of situations where belief alone is required, even commanded. There's no time for evidence collection, to wait, to hear, for certainty. Just believe. Like Peter walking on the water--don't think, act! God even requires us to believe in him when, temporarily, the evidence looks bad: to trust. [We will study belief and trust separately.] God requires belief and trust in moments of human weakness, but faith is what makes us strong. Faith is the state of being convinced about what we hope for.
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