Faith
How do we define this?
Faith
by Dr. William Ames
1. Faith is the resting of
the heart on God, the author of life and eternal salvation, so that we
may be saved from all evil through Him and may follow all good. Isaiah
10:20, "Lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in
faith..."
21. Trust is rightly said to
be the fruit of faith as it looks to God in the future and constitutes a
firm hope; but as it looks to God in Christ offering himself in the
present, it is faith itself. Hence arise those names which the
Scriptures give to saving faith, pepoiqhsis, parrhsia, persuasion,
boldness; 2 Corinthians 3:4 and 5:6-8; Ephesians 3:12; 1 Peter 1:13; 1
John 5:13-14; plhroforia, full conviction, Romans 4:21; Colossians 2:2;
upostasis,, substance, Hebrews 11:1.
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