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FAITH Walking in the supernatural. Def of faith: complete confidence or trust in someone or something Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. More definitions.
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FAITH Walking in the supernatural Def of faith: complete confidence or trust in someone or something Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase
More definitions • Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true • Knowledge is an essential element in all faith, and is sometimes spoken of as an equivalent to faith • Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel. • Comes from the word feyth which originates from bhidh which means unite/bind • Reliance/trust - Such reliance enabled the believer to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen
Scriptures • Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. • Hab 2:4 But the righteous will live by his faith. • Matt 6:30 – little faith • Matt 8:10 great faith • Matt 9:22 – your faith has made you well • Act 3:16 – faith which comes through Him… • Act 11:24 – full of the Holy Spirit and of faith • 1 Cor 2:5 – your faith rest on the power of God
substance Faith hoped Assurance Guarantee Confide, expect is the of things for, the of things Persuasion, moral conviction evidence not seen. Proof, conviction Not looking at
What does it mean?? My moral conviction is: Through Jesus I have an assurance of what I am expecting. Through Jesus I have proof of the things I cannot see yet.