From the Elder's Pen "Faith" 9/30/01 Past/Future Articles

The Bible states faith is: substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen…(Heb. 11:1). Assurance, confidence conviction yielding to something, or someone, but lets hope it in God, and His will.  We must have faith to be pleasing to God.  Faith is the foundation upon which all Christian grace rest upon.

The book of Hebrews is full of examples of faithful people believing in God:  Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses –  the list go on and on.  Stephen was faithful and he was stoned to death. Daniel was faithful.  See what happened to him.  God will take care of all his faithful  people.

We have reason to be faithful.  We have the Bible – the perfect book.  It is inspired.  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works (II Timothy 3:16-17).

Let us be faithful to the Bible, for we shall be judged by it on the day of Judgment.  “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life” (Revelation 2:10).