NJ Bible Study

What faith is NOT.

Hebrews 11 clearly teaches that faith is trusting God’s word enough to do whatever He says.  Abraham is only one of several individuals illustrating faith in this chapter.  “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance” (Hebrews 11:8).  The power of faith is not … Read more

What Is Faith?

What Is Faith? “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen”  (Hebrews 11:1, NKJV) I have underlined two key words that make up this definition of faith as it is used in the Bible.  A variety of words are used to express the meaning in other translations.  Note the following: confidence —- … Read more