Hebrews 11:1-3

An explanation of saving faith -- Hebrews 11:1-3 : The writer described that faith whereby the just man lives in these words, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1) Faith and hope go hand in hand. The things that are the object of our hope are the result of our faith.

Our eternal salvation depends on the existence of saving faith and the exercise or practice of that faith. "Faith gives reality or substance to things hoped for." Faith is that which makes it possible to see God and His word as reality. Through faith we can live our life in the full expectation that God will give the good things which He has promised to those who obey Him.

Concerning God, His word and His way, there is evidence. It is the evidence of things not seen. This evidence causes the invisible things concerning God to be just as real to us as those things which we have seen with our physical eyes. Our faith causes us to feel and act just as if it was before our very eyes.

The renown of the Old Testament saints was not in that they lived as long as Methuselah (Genesis 5:27), were as rich as Abraham (Genesis 14:14), or were as strong as Samson (Ruth 15:1-20). They obtain a good report upon the account of their faith. We remember Enoch because he walked with God. Abraham's name has been on the tongue of every Christian because of his loving obedience to God. Moses' meekness in serving Jehovah cause us to fondly remember him

Faith begins at the creation. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1) This is the very foundation article of our faith -- God is Creator. God framed the world out of nothing, by His infinite wisdom. The Bible gives us true and exact account of the origin of all things and that origin is "GOD!"