Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews chapter 11 is
considered the faith chapter; it is God’s hall of fame of faith. It speaks of
many of the Old Testament Saints and the faith in which they lived. They got
saved the same way we got saved today, faith and trust in the promised Messiah,
Christ Jesus. In their case, it was faith in the coming of the promised Messiah
(Genesis 3:15). In our case, it is faith in Christ who was the promised
Messiah. (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Verse 1 is the most comprehensive definition of faith that we can find. With our physical eyes, we can see and comprehend what is around us in the tangible, touchable world. Faith is how we can perceive, be aware, and sure of the invisible spiritual world. Faith is not, as some believe, a “blind leap,” but it has certainty and sureness in our hope in Christ Jesus and all the promises we have through the Holy Word of God. When there is substance around that you can see with your physical eyes, there is no need for faith; only when the matter is something we cannot see, or touch do we need to have faith. One could quantitatively and factually prove that the Bible has positively influenced the world and humankind, as no other book has. It would not take faith to prove that; it could be demonstrated through simple reason. However, only through and with our faith can we know that the Bible is the accurate Word of God beyond a shadow of a doubt. It is God speaking to His children. Faith is our eagerness to humbly submit ourselves and surrender our lives to Christ Jesus, putting His agendas and plans first in our lives.
The non-believers of the world will say that faith is believing in something without concrete evidence. This verse (Hebrews 11:1) answers and elucidates that false premise, “faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” There are people incarcerated for years, sometimes decades at a time, for offenses that no one saw them commit. Just because there were no humans present when God created the earth, does not indicate that there is no evidence that it happened. If the non-believers of the world were correct in their thesis, it would require more faith the be an atheist than to believe in God, the creator of all in heaven and on earth.
The Bible is a book that we can trust to be accurate in every sense of the word, in every issue that is spoken of, because it is the written Word of God. As followers and believers in Christ Jesus. We have faith in God and all of the great and wonderful promises He has made in His Holy Word. Along with that, we have the confidence of an eternal life spent with our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus. He is not only our Savior but our creator and sustainer as well.
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