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Wrap up Gonna wrap up the three part series on faith here this week as we look at the third aspect: faith is...an understanding that God spoke  the cosmos into existence. If you want to catch up on the previous writings about faith please visit the archives . By the Word The last element of faith for us relates to the first two, in that the commonality between all three elements is "the word." Meaning, that faith is established upon the Word: what God is speaking (his voice), and what God has spoken (the Scriptures).  Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:1-3 We get this third element of faith from verse three as it describes how faith is able to agree with the truth that God literally spoke creation into existence; thus, once agai

Recap Last week we looked at how hope fuels and empowers our faith to believe God, as it gives us "confidence in what we hope for." This week we will talk about how two elements of faith: assurance in the unseen and how understanding God as our Creator, gives us confidence in faith. Lets review Hebrews 11:1-3: Now faith is confidence in what we hope for  and assurance about what we do not see.   This is what the ancients were commended for.  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,  so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Assurance Within Creation What kind of assurance is unseen? How is it that we can have confidence in something we cannot experience with our senses?  This is normally the challenge and misunderstanding of faith; it is also where we can get the notion that faith is blind. In our world we want insurance instead of assurance. We want a written policy that will take care of us so that we will be covered

Introduction A few weeks ago I wrapped up the Black & White Series and now want to write a little about Faith, what it looks like, and its implications for our life. If you would like to catch up on the Black & White series here are the links: Do vs. Be Sowing & Reaping Love & Hate Honor & Dishonor What is Faith? Few Scriptures offer us a clear definition of an aspect of the Christian life, but in the case of faith we have Hebrews 11:1-3 that offers us great clarification. Now faith is confidence in what we hope for  and assurance about what we do not see.   This is what the ancients were commended for.  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,  so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. We have a clear description of what faith is: confidence in what's hoped for, assurance in the unseen, and an understanding that God spoke the cosmos into existence. The commonality here is that faith is placed with

Black & White Series Series Introduction  Not all things in life are as simple as black and white, right or wrong, do or don't do; however, some things in life are, and I want to take some time to talk about some of those things. Let's journey together... Catch up in the series by clicking below: Do vs. Be Sowing & Reaping Love & Hate Honor and Dishonor This go around I want to touch on honor and dishonor. Since my last post about love and hate I have spent all of my time digging into the depths of love, as it pertains to God and Christianity--there is far too much to write about it comprehensively here, but I want to touch on a specific reference of love from 1 Corinthians 13:4, 5, "love...does not dishonor others."  Honor At times we view honor as a thing separate from love, but Scripture here would say that love defines honor. So, how do we define this type of honor? First, by how 1 Corinthians 13 describes it. It describes it