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Faith
  • is belief in the truth
    • not exactly knowledge, which is missing the justification criteria, hence why, “Now faith is … the assurance about what we do not see” Hebrews 11:1
  • is being dependent on the truth
    • a true friend is someone you can depend on
    • a faithful friend is someone you can depend on
    • you are not independent from the truth, being cut off from the true vine yields death
    • if your life depends on it, you place your hope in it. combined with belief you’ve got confidence in this hope
    • dependent is synonymous to hope which is actively waiting for the fulfillment what you have faith in
  • is submission to the truth
    • if your life depends on it, you orient yourself under it and submit to it
  • belief leads to hope and hope leads to submission
Greek Word for Faith
  • pistis - to be persuaded
  • peitho - to persuade
Google’s Definition for Faith
  • faith - complete trust in someone or something
  • trust - firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something
  • faith-trust - complete firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, strength, and power of someone or something
  • hope - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
Hebrew’s Definition for Faith
  • faith - Nowfaithisthe assuranceof what we hope forand the certaintyof whatwe do not see.
    • hypóstasis (from 5259/hypó, “under” and 2476/hístēmi, “to stand”)
    • elpízō (from 1680/elpís, “hope”) – to hope, actively waiting for God’s fulfillment about the faith He has inbirted through the power of His love
    • élegxos (a masculine noun) – inner conviction focuses on God confirming His inbirthing of faith (“the internal persuasion from Him,” see 4102/pístis)
    • blépō – properly, to see, be observant (watchful). 991 (blépō) suggests “to see something physical, with spiritual results (perception).” That is, it carries what is seen into the non-physical (immaterial) realm so a person can take the needed action (respond, beware, be alert)

Fides (Latin: Fidēs) was the goddess of trust and bona fides (good faith) in Roman paganism. … Fides is everything that is required for “honour and credibility, from fidelity in marriage, to contractual arrangements, and the obligation soldiers owed to Rome.”

Where Does Faith Come From?

Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

1 Corinthians 2:4-5
My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

Matthew 16:17
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

Colossians 1:9
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.

Topical Verses

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Matthew 9:22
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; your faith has made you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Luke 17:6
And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Luke 7:50
And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.

Matthew 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.

Mark 9:23-24
Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help you my unbelief.

Matthew 19:25-26
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” 26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 John 5:4
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.