Lord, we do not trust in what we do. We trust in Your mercy. We trust in Your blessing. We trust in Your Word, the living Word. We trust in Your Spirit, the all-inclusive Spirit.
Now faith is the substantiation of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
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The word substantiate is substance in verb form; to substantiate is to (give) (substance) to the reality of the substance not seen. This is the action of (faith). Therefore, it says here that faith is the substantiation of (things) (hoped) for.
All things hoped for are things (not) (seen) (Rom. 8:24-25). As people of hope, we should (aim) our life not at the things that are seen but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are (temporary), but the things that are not seen are (eternal)(2 Cor.4:18). Hence, we walk by (faith), not by (appearance). (See Heb. 11:1 note 2, note 5)
Tomorrow: Having Obtained a Good Testimony through Faith