Bible Discussion Thread

I think we should from time to time remind ourselves as to what faith IS and what it is not .

For we hear a lot about world " faiths" that are not and there is a lot of misunderstanding of what is faith.

Hebrews gives the true definition of what faith is that dictionaries do not( for they are of the world ).

" Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things as yet unseen"

Faith is not blind as any suppose but rather sees or understands tat which is not seen with the naked eye .

For we all have two pairs of eyes at least the eyes with which we see the world we live in and the " eyes of our understanding" ( Ephesians) . ALL men have this faith according to what faith IS . For " God has given to Everyman a measure of faith to profit withall " but not all men have their faith in God .

Now faith is te substance if things hoped for .." The word and promise of the bus company in London is that the nuber 24 wil go from Victoria to Hampstead and if you stand at the right bus stop at therighttimete us wil come.

Now you can believe that till te day you die you might even see the bus but if you do not obey the or conform to theWord/ promise you will the bus . You I might think to stand somewhere else and think the company is obliged to stop for you ,it won't nor is it obliged to do so . True " believing" is putting you believing into action and going to the bus stop in this case .

By so doing you give substance to your hope in the promise . Abel offered a sacrificed lamb , Cain did not .

When you see people at the bus stop yiu inevitably think the bus is coming if none ,you've possibly missed it . Thus you have not only given substance to your hope but by you standing there in faith believing is the evidence of things as yet unseen .

A farmer when he sows his seed is doing so in faith believing in the ' promise' inherent in every seed and every farmer knows the harvest he will reap in the future by the seed he has sown in the past .