It is a willingness to trust in, to rely on, and to cling to.Ģ. Faith is the substance… the evidence: Faith is not a bare belief or intellectual understanding. Therefore, this is a belief beyond reason but not in contradiction to reason or against reason.Ĭ. But only faith can prove that the Bible is the Word of God. One may objectively prove the Bible is the most unique book ever published and has impacted society more than any other book. Faith does not contradict reason, though it may go beyond reason. Faith is needed for what we can’t see and can’t touch. Of things hoped for… of things not seen: If you have the substance before you or if you can see it, there is no use for faith. “Physical eyesight produces a conviction or evidence of visible things faith is the organ which enables people to see the invisible order.” (Bruce)ī. Its tests are not those of the senses, which yield uncertainty.” (Morris) “Faith extends beyond what we learn from our senses, and the author is saying that it has its reasons. But the reasons can’t be measured in a laboratory they have to be understood spiritually. The Bible doesn’t recommend a “blind leap” of faith. Now faith is the substance: Just as our physical eyesight is the sense that gives us evidence of the material world, faith is the “sense” that gives us evidence of the invisible, spiritual world. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Ī. Examples of Faith to Help the Discouragedġ.
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