What is Faith?

Hebrews 11:1-13

Faith is not as easily defined as we might like. The world says that faith is a belief in something or someone. Long ago, my youth pastor used the following illustration. He placed a chair in the middle of the room and asked each of us if we believed it would hold us up. Then he explained how belief is only part of faith and asked who was willing to actually sit in the chair, thus proving their trust in it. As the many examples of faithful people in Hebrews chapter 11 show, there is an action component required for true faith.

Questions for further thought:
1. How would you define faith?
2. What characteristics of a person’s faith mark it as genuine?  

​Challenge: Verse 6 says, “…it is impossible to please God without faith.” Sounds like knowing what faith means is fairly important! Do some soul searching (journaling, prayer, etc.) to determine if you are exhibiting real biblical faith. And stay tuned this week for more great examples!