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By: Gary Hutchens People talk about faith in a number of different ways. On the surface, most of those references sound good. However, when you observe the lives of many of those same people, it becomes obvious that what they say is not consistent with what the scriptures teach true faith to be. There is a lot of confusion on the subject. In trying to come to a better understanding of what true faith is, we need to understand what true faith is not.
By: Gary Hutchens Probably, the most comprehensive definition of faith given in scripture is found in the Hebrews letter: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1). The phrases “things hoped for” and “things not seen” have confused many people who misunderstand what is meant by those words. They see faith in God as being a blind belief without any objective basis. So, they declare such blind, baseless faith to be the believer’s only substance and evidence of what they hope for. In other words, they see Christian faith as an empty dream!
By: Gary Hutchens On four different occasions Jesus used these words of rebuke: “O you of little faith.” Three times they were directed toward one or more of His apostles. The other time, during the sermon on the mount, He applied them more generally to all those gathered on that occasion. In each case Jesus emphasized that their faith was insufficient. The question we should all contemplate is, “How Much Faith Is Too “Little Faith”?
By: Gary Hutchens Everybody wants to be happy. There may be more emphasis in our society right now than ever before on finding happiness. There’s a lot of focus on having a job you can be happy with. Some people move to different locations in the pursuit of happiness. Wives leave husbands and husbands leave wives because they’re just not happy. Teenagers arecommitting suicide at a staggering rate because they’re depressed, unhappy. Happiness seems to be elusive to many people, but a profound question should be, “Where do you look for happiness?”
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