What Is Faith?

Hi, I’m Ray Melograne and this is another Real Life video.  This video is the beginning of a series studying the topic of faith.  Today we are going to answer the question, “What is faith?”  From there, we will continue with a phrase study on “The Faith,” a study on “Faith in the Gospels and Acts,” a study on “Hebrews 11” and finally a study on “Romans 3-5.” 

                In my video on “The Doctrine of Baptisms,” we saw that Hebrews 6:1-2 lists faith as one of the principal doctrines of Christ. 

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Hebrews 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Many people think that faith is just belief (belief in something you cannot see), but the Bible does not agree with this definition.  I have mentioned this in several of my past videos.  In my video entitled “What Is The Resurrection” (at the 41 min marker) I discussed it passionately and even accused people of not knowing what faith really is.  I can’t make a statement like that without backing it up by a detailed study on faith, so let’s dig into the word and see what the real definition of faith is.