Hebrews 11:1-3 +6

3RD ADVENT: FAITH

FAITH & HOPE

Biblical Hope is a confident expectation based on a sure foundation for which we wait with joy.

Hope is Faith oriented toward the future.

Faith looks backwards and forwards and works in the presence.

WHAT FAITH IS NOT
(From Allistair Begg)
1. Faith is not a religious feeling.
2. Faith is not accepting something apart from evidence.
3. Faith is not a positive mental attitude.

WHAT FAITH IS

The opposite of Faith is not Reason but Credulity and Superstition. (R.C. Sproul)

3 Aspects of Faith:
1. Knowledge
2. Assent
3. Trust

Hebrews 11:1-3

“Faith is the act of the intellect when it assents to divine truth under the influence of the will moved by God through Grace.” ~ Thomas Aquinas

FAITH IN ACTION

Simeon and Anna
(Luke 2:22-38)

From God with us to God with me!

JESUS MY COMFORT AND MY SALVATION