Quote Originally Posted by God-free View Post
More often than not, when I ask someone to tell me what faith is, I’m given the following biblical definition.


I'm trying to understand exactly what this means. Unless there's some special biblical meaning for the words 'substance' and 'evidence', the best I can come up with is:
Now faith is the essential import or significance of things hoped for, the substantiation of things not seen.

Is that about right? Also, to what "things not seen" is the verse referring?




The NLT puts it well,"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us ***urance about things we cannot see."

The Message says this,"The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see."