The meaning of faith
WHAT IS FAITH? Faith is obedient action in response to what God said. True is expressed in 1) Obedience and 2) Action, in response to 3) Hearing God's word (voice). "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1). Faith means having trust, assurance or confidence in another person or that person's words. Having faith in God involves an exchange of self-trust for God-trust. We stop trusting in ourself and trust Him. We abondon reliance on our limited source of knowledge and start receiving from His unlimited source. TWO KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE "My message and preaching were not with wise and persaustive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on MEN'S WISDOM, but on God's power. "We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. ...