Defining Faith.. Like you say, Petri, a large subject..
In the Old Testament, the word "Faith" is found only twice. The first place is by Moses in Deut 32:20 when he speaks of the
Children in whom was "no faith". That was apparently in reference to those who had turned to new gods, to strange gods, instead of the Rock of Ages. Like today, when the leaders of this nation no longer recognize the
God of the Bible, but are accepting any old god who submits the proper paperwork or gets past customs with their dumb(stupid) idols.
The second place the word 'faith' occurs is in Habakkuk 2. The Lord says: "write the vision and make it plain...that he may run that reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry...but
the just shall live by his faith".
A curious aspect of the phrase "the just shall live by faith" is how we find it repeated in
three (3) books of the New Testament, and those same three books are used to 'DEFINE' faith. They aren't all on the same spoke, obviously, but does this fit some kind of pattern?
Romans 1:17 "The just shall live by faith".
Galatians 3:11 "The just shall live by faith".
Hebrews 10:38 "The just shall live by faith".
Just these three (3) books where Faith is defined, and no others!
Romans 10:17 "..Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God". (Not by reading the opinions of mortal men.)
Galatians 5:6 "..Faith works by love". (Without love, faith doesn't work!).
Hebrews 11:1 "NOW Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So Faith is NOW? As opposed to 'future', or to what?

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