Friday, 2 July 2010
Faith Defined
Dr RJ Sing
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”
The Eleventh Chapter of Hebrews deals exclusively with the Theme of Faith. Its opening Verse provides us with a Definition of Faith as quoted in the Above Scripture. The Above Verse tells us two main things about Faith. First, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for”.
Faith is so real that it is actually called Substance. The Greek Word used here for Substance is HYPOSTASIS. It literally means “that which stands under” something else or “Provides the Basis for” something else. Faith is the underlying reality of things hoped for. Faith is real because Faith is substance. Second, Faith is “The evidence of things not Seen”. The New American Standard Bible says, “The conviction of things not seen”. However, Faith deals with things we cannot see as it relates to the invisible. Again we have a Beautiful Scripture that stresses the Faith Relationship to the invisible. “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear”. Hebrews 11:3.
Our senses connect us to the visible world, but Faith takes us behind the visible to the invisible, to the underlying reality by which the Whole Universe was formed, that is, the reality of the Word of God.
From the July 2010 issue, themed ‘Something Good Is Going to Happen to Me This Month.
