Hebrews 11:1-2
Gentlemen, I apologize.
I Sit here in a hospital room with my mom. Unfortunately time is a
luxury I do not have much of right now.
I was thinking about times in our life when our Faith is tested and
stressed. I thought about Hebrews 11.
I found this commentary on it from Knowing-Jesus.com and thought I would
share it with you.
DBB
"The good news of salvation and life eternal, is by grace alone
through faith alone in Christ alone. Whether Old Testament saints or New
Testament believers, the only way to access this free and eternal gift from the
Father is to trust in His Word and believe in His Son.
Faith is simply having the confidence that the future things God has
revealed in His written Word, will unquestionably happen. The reformation verse
that shattered corridors of Christendom was: "The just shall live by
faith." The righteous man shall live by faith, the godly man, the virtuous
woman, the justified sinner, the maturing believer, are to all live by faith,
as well as being saved by faith.
A living faith in God's Word and the confident hope in His promises are
two graces that embrace each other in love at the foot of the Cross. This is
not a 'Que sera sera, fingers-crossed and-hope-it-happens' type of faith. This
is the faith that accepts without question that the Word of God is entirely
dependable and is an indisputable fact.
This is the faith that unquestioningly takes God at His Word, knowing
that all He has promised to us in Christ is more secure than the rising of the
morning sun and more certain than the daily passage of time. It is the firm
persuasion, unshakable confidence, and indisputable expectation, that all God
has said, in and through His WORD, is established forever and does not take
refuge in the a 'maybe' or a 'perhaps'.
It is an objective faith that is secured to the knowledge that our
redemption rests on Who Christ is, and what He has already done on the Cross on
our account. Our faith is not on who we are or what we have done to commend
ourselves to God, but on Christ and His accomplishments. Objective faith is not
based on sight or sense but rests its case in the arms of God's Word of Truth.
Faith is not based on experience, nor calculated through reason. True
faith is anchored on scriptural facts. It is beyond man's intellect and cannot
be penetrated through reasoning or discovered through scientific 'proof'. It
has nothing to do with personal opinion or impressions. It is beyond the
dimension of human thought because it is the substance of facts that are
conceived in the mind of God.
God is not a man, so He does not lie. The Lord is not a fallen being, so
He does not flirt with fantasy or feasibility. He does not change His mind and
has never spoken a word that He has failed to act upon. Has he never made a
promise that has not been carried through to its fulfilment, and it is
incumbent on us to know what His Word says and to believe the promises He has
given.
The eye of faith sees beyond our present reality and places its feet
firmly on divine revelation given by Almighty God, through the Word-made-flesh.
It believes God's Word of truth in the pages of Scripture, which was written
for our learning, instruction, encouragement, and hope. The heart of faith
enables us to treat as reality those things that are unseen, even when
circumstances of life appear to contradict the truth of God's Word.
All that God has revealed to us through holy men of God is just and good
and true, and Scripture is designed to be a sure foundation upon which to
build. It has nothing in common with so many superficial apologies for faith,
based on sight, experiences, opinions, fancies, dreams, or imaginations that
excite the soul, feed the flesh, and pander to the human ego. Without faith it
is impossible to please God and Jesus said, "Blessed are those that have
NOT seen, and yet have believed."
May the hope we have in Christ and the faith we have in God be built on
the truth, of His Word and grounded on a sure conviction. May we never stumble
when situations seem to go amiss, and may we be firmly persuaded: "He who
started a good work in each of our lives is well able to bring it to
completion."
Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/hebrews-11-1
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