Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Faith is simply having the confidence that the future things God has revealed in His written Word, will unquestionably happen. The reformation verse that resounds throughout Christianity is: “The just shall live by faith.” The righteous man shall live by faith, the godly man, the virtuous woman, the justified sinner, the maturing believer, are to all live…by faith. A living faith in God’s Word and the confident hope in His promises are two graces that embrace each other in love at the foot of the Cross. This is not a ‘fingers-crossed and hope-it-happens’ type of faith. This is the faith that accepts without question that the Word of God is entirely trustworthy and is an irrefutable fact. Faith is not based on experience, nor calculated through reason. True faith is anchored on scriptural facts. It is beyond man’s intellect and cannot be penetrated through reasoning or discovered through scientific ‘proof’. It has nothing to do with personal opinion or impressions. It is beyond the dimension of human thought because it is the substance of facts that are conceived in the mind of God. All that God has revealed to us is just and good and true, and Scripture is designed to be a sure foundation upon which to build. It has nothing in common with so many superficial apologies for faith, based on sight, experiences, opinions, fancies, dreams, or imaginations that excite the soul, feed the flesh, and pander to the human ego. Without faith it is impossible to please God; and Jesus said, “Blessed are those that have not seen, and yet have believed.” May the hope we have in Christ and the faith we have in God be built on the truth of His Word and grounded on a sure conviction. May we never stumble when situations seem to go amiss, and may we be firmly persuaded: “He who started a good work in each of our lives is well able to bring it to completion.”
Spiritual Steve 