Faith and Life

The dictionary defines it as complete trust or confidence. In the book of Hebrews it says, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”. The world would tell us that the only things you can be certain of are death and taxes. The only thing you can truly trust is money. To the world you can only be confident if you look great and are sexually marvelous. So faith is not the same, for someone who follows The Way, as it is for someone who lives as those who follow the ways of the world.

In Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesis he writes, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient”. Therefore we can have faith that the ways of the world will lead to our death and destruction.

What about faith and life? Again in Hebrews, chapter 11, it says, “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward”. Have faith in Christ and take comfort in His words, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life”.

The picture was taken on a long outdoor mall in the middle of Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. The man received his blue testament from me and had followed us along the mall, praising God, and telling everyone he met how blessed he was to have received God’s Word, and that I was the man with the bibles. In the picture he is thanking Chazy our young interpreter, while asking her to tell us how thankful he was. Oh, that we could have the faith of a child, and accept the Word of God with such open and thankful hearts.