Heb 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.NKJVFaith is the substance of things hoped for. Hope is not just a preferred future. Hope is an anticipated future, an expected future. Faith exists where that which you do not yet experience, but fully expect to experience become ...

When I place my faith in the Lord Jesus, I am placing my trust in him. I trust There’s an old preacher story which illustrates this well, so I repeat it here. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it works well to make the point anyway. Once upon a time a tightrope walker stretched a cable accross ...

The object of our faith is God himself. Not just any god, but the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – the God we have access to through Jesus, the God who rewards us if we diligently seek him. This God is not an “it”. God is personal. Faith is therefore relational. By faith I “come to ...

In the first three posts I talked about what faith is not. It is not mental assent to correct doctrine. It is not striving. It is not positive thinking.I now want to begin to reflect on what faith is but before I can do that, I need to talk about where faith aims. You see, faith has an object. Faith aims at something. ...

1. Faith is not mental assent to correct doctrine. (Part 1)2. Faith is not striving. (Part 2)3. Faith is not positive thinking. (Part 3) – today Faith is not positive thinking. Positive thinking is when I combine the first two things faith is not. Positive thinking is when I strive to mentally assent to correct ...

1. Faith is not mental assent to correct doctrine. (Part 1)2. Faith is not striving. (Part 2) – today I have begun this topic by talking about what faith is not. Yesterday I talked about the difference between what I think is true about God (doctrine) and faith. They don’t always match one another. In fact ...

Heb 11:66 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV Faith must be a pretty important thing. It’s impossible to please God without it. What if we were to spend our lives without accurately ...