A STUDY ON FAITH
The reason faith is so difficult is that Sense Knowledge has gained the ascendency in our educational and religious life. Sense knowledge has all come through our physical contact with the world. We have learned to trust so utterly in our eyes, our ears, the sense of touch, of smell, and the sense of taste that spiritual things are hard for us to understand. It is easy to believe in things you can see. The crowd said about Jesus, "We see the miracles; now we believe in thee." Thomas fell down at His feet when he saw the wounded side and the holes in His hands and feet. He said, "Lord, I believe." Jesus responded, "Blessed are they who have not seen, yet believe." The Master touched the true heart of things there. True Faith is independent of Sense Knowledge. The antagonism of the scholastic world to the Revelation called the Bible is that the Bible demands faith in things the Senses cannot apprehend.
Hebrews 11:3 tells us that the worlds have been framed by faith through the Word of God. "By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear."
That explains the first verse, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen," or "Faith is giving substance to things hoped for."
Hope is not faith.
Faith is always now.
Hope is in the future.
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