IBS #1 Hebrews 11:1
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Here we have one of the greatest yet simplest definitions of Faith that there is in scripture. We are told that it is the assurance of things hoped for yet at the same time the conviction of things not seen. To truly understand what the Holy Spirit is saying through the author of Hebrews we must break down what the verse says. First off, “Faith” we are told that it is the assurance of things hoped for and so on. But how can one have assurance that they have faith? Luckily for the reader we are told just a couple of verses earlier in Hebrews 10:22 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”. See if we know that our hearts and our bodies have been sprinkled clean with the Living Water that only Christ provides, then we will have Faith. Now that we know how we receive faith it should be easier to understand the definition. Now let’s take a look at what it means that faith is the “assurance of things hoped for“ now the word hope is better understood under the light of Romans 8:24 “...Hope that is seen is not hope…”. So far, we have an understanding of how we receive faith and we have begun to break down the definition of Faith. Next let’s look at “the conviction of things not seen” this phrase in insanely self-explanatory so I won’t waste much words on it but it is cool to note that according to Paul’s definition in Romans 8:24 “...Hope that is seen is not hope…” this verse could be worded “Now Faith is the assurance of things not seen, and the conviction of things not seen.”
Faith is crucial in every Christian’s life. However, since we can’t see it there must be another way to obtain it. We are told in Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing throug
Here we have one of the greatest yet simplest definitions of Faith that there is in scripture. We are told that it is the assurance of things hoped for yet at the same time the conviction of things not seen. To truly understand what the Holy Spirit is saying through the author of Hebrews we must break down what the verse says. First off, “Faith” we are told that it is the assurance of things hoped for and so on. But how can one have assurance that they have faith? Luckily for the reader we are told just a couple of verses earlier in Hebrews 10:22 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”. See if we know that our hearts and our bodies have been sprinkled clean with the Living Water that only Christ provides, then we will have Faith. Now that we know how we receive faith it should be easier to understand the definition. Now let’s take a look at what it means that faith is the “assurance of things hoped for“ now the word hope is better understood under the light of Romans 8:24 “...Hope that is seen is not hope…”. So far, we have an understanding of how we receive faith and we have begun to break down the definition of Faith. Next let’s look at “the conviction of things not seen” this phrase in insanely self-explanatory so I won’t waste much words on it but it is cool to note that according to Paul’s definition in Romans 8:24 “...Hope that is seen is not hope…” this verse could be worded “Now Faith is the assurance of things not seen, and the conviction of things not seen.”
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