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Eighteen Definitions of Faith

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1. Substance of Things Hoped For (Hebrews 11:1)

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for..."

2. Evidence of Things Not Seen (Hebrews 11:1,7)

"...the evidence of things not seen."

3. Invisible Backing (Hebrews 11:2)

"For by it the elders obtained a good testimony."

4. Creative Power (Hebrews 11:3)

"...the worlds were framed by the word of God."

5. Divine Testimony (Hebrews 11:4)

"...he obtained witness that he was righteous..."

6. Cancellation of Natural Laws (Hebrews 11:5)

"By faith Enoch was taken away..."

7. Basis of Pleasing God (Hebrews 11:6)

"...without faith it is impossible to please Him..."

8. Dependence on God’s Word (Hebrews 11:7)

"...being divinely warned..."

9. Trust in Unknown Future (Hebrews 11:8–10)

"...not knowing where he was going."

10. Calling Things That Are Not (Hebrews 11:11–12; Romans 4:17)

"...God... calls those things which do not exist as though they did."

11. Seeing the Invisible (Hebrews 11:13–16)

"...having seen them afar off..."

12. Assurance of God’s Faithfulness (Hebrews 11:17–19; 10:23)

"...accounting that God was able..."

13. Confidence in Things to Come (Hebrews 11:20–31)

"...concerning things to come."

14. Stimulus of Faith (Hebrews 11:32–12:2)

"...time would fail me to tell..."

15. Life of the Just (Hebrews 10:38)

"...the just shall live by faith."

16. Shield of Armour (Ephesians 6:16)

"...above all, taking the shield of faith..."

17. Down Payment (Hebrews 11 overall)

Faith acts as present possession of future promise.

18. Guarantee of Answered Prayer (Matthew 21:22; Mark 11:22–24; James 1:6)

"...whatever things you ask in prayer, believing..."