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NASB | Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality--faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. |
Subject: Define Faith. |
Bible Note: May I add a small thought here? This is not intended to directly answer the very important question put to define the nature of faith, it is instead a hope to expandon the importance of the question and will indirectly shed some light on the question. The Bible commonly makes an appeal to the Christian to ask God to "help us in our unbelief". Or put another way to "grow our faith". Now, since faith is a gift from God we are to excersize a gift that has been given us. The implication for acting from unbelief is sin and the implication for acting from faith is righteousness. God is pleased when we rely on Him for ALL of the concerns of life. And conversely God is not pleased when we reject Christ and rely on our own understanding or our own flesh rather than the only one who God ever stated .."my Son.. with Him am I well pleased". No one in all of history has ever had that said of them. Faith pleases God because it is grounded in Christ our matchless Saviour! |