Lesson 10
Will you trust Me?”
The Challenge of living the FAITH-REST LIFE
Review:
An Explanation
of the Details of Faith
The New Testament Word for Faith
The New Testament word for "faith" is pistij.
It
means a belief in someone or something, confidence, faith, trust, reliance on; conviction
of the truth or reality of something.
Definition of Biblical Faith
1.
Biblical definition of faith is given in Heb
11:1.
2. Faith is a system of thinking that is to all members of the human race.
3. Faith is a system of or that accepts an established criterion as the basis for reality.
4. Faith then is confidence, trust in the authority
and veracity of
another or another's criterion. The criterion is .
5. Because this established criterion is outside
the capabilities of the individual, is the only system of thinking that is non -
meritorious.
6. Faith as a system of thinking stands in contrast
to the two meritorious
systems of thinking:
a. Rationalism
- what you think, conclusions you make is the criterion, the only basis for
action or belief. Rom 2:3; Prov.
b. Empiricism
- what you experience through the senses is the criterion. 2 Cor 5:7 cf.
7. Faith is the only non-meritorious mode of
thinking and is
therefore chosen by God as the means of to His Plan.
Rom
8.
Faith is the only system of thinking that is
compatible with grace.
Rom 4:16a; 5:2
9. The effectiveness of faith always resides in the
of faith.
- At salvation = ; [justification]
- In our life as believers - .
1 Cor 2:4-5 not
based on human wisdom
[sanctification]