2007-04-30 11:36:57 · 17 answers · asked by DougDoug_ 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Faith is believing something to be true without doubt, without proof, and without needing proof.
With hope, you acknowledge that what you want may not be true, or it may not happen.
Faith is certainty.
Hope is wishing for the best.
At least, that's how I see it.
2007-04-30 11:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by milomax 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Faith is simply assured belief in an upcoming event based on previous wisdom, knowledge, or understanding of events leading up to the future event. The measure of faith is proportional with the likeliness of a specific event occurring.
Dropping a rock is an example of nearly complete faith that it will hit the ground, though an extremely unlikely event like a person's foot or animal or something could cause it to do something different.
The sunrise is an example, people generally have very strong faith that the sunrise will occur the following day, unless they know it will be blocked by some weather or astronomical condition.
The moon being out at night is another example, most people have a reasonable amount of faith that if they look for it the moon will be there at a certain time of night, despite it may not be.
Hope generally shows a lack of faith.
One would not say, "I hope the rock falls to the ground" like in the above example due to such stronmg faith in such an event.
They might say "I hope to see the sunrise tomorrow" or "I hope the moon's out to night" but these phrases imply a lack of faith thus either unaware of tomorrow's forecast or the current phase of the moon.
2007-04-30 18:55:27 · answer #2 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you remember how you felt when you were very young and your birthday approached? You were excited and anxious. You knew you would certainly receive gifts and other special treats. But some things would be a surprise. Birthdays combine assurance and anticipation, and so does faith! Faith is the conviction based on past experience that God’s new and fresh surprises will surely be ours.
Cross References:
Hebrews 11:1—Romans 8:24; Hebrews 3:6, 14
We cannot imagine all that God has in store for us, both in this life and for eternity. He will create a new heaven and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:1), and we will live with him forever. Until then, his Holy Spirit comforts and guides us. Knowing the wonderful and eternal future that awaits us gives us hope and courage to press on in this life, to endure hardship, and to avoid giving in to temptation. This world is not all there is. The best is yet to come.
Cross References:
1 Corinthians 2:9—This verse quotes or is quoted in Isaiah 64:4; 65:17
I hope this helped. I know what I mean but I'm not quite sure how to put it in words.
2007-04-30 18:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says:
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. "
(Hebrews 11:1)
This exactly corresponds to my subjective experience.
I have an absolute unwavering confident assurance that I have eternal life, that my sins are forgiven, and that I am a child of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
It is a supernatural confidence, because it is communicated to and instilled into the heart through the direct agency of the Holy Spirit of God.
Biblical hope is also not like natural hope.
Natural hope merely wishes something will come to pass in the future.
Biblical hope is a calm, confident expectation of future good based upon the promise of someone who cannot lie - the Living God.
2007-04-30 18:53:55 · answer #4 · answered by simon p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things unseen"
My Faith is in my hope. My Hope is in my Savior. I have no physical evidence, yet still my Heart compells me to believe.
Faith is the victory that over comes the world.
Others don't have to believe--they are given a choice.
2007-04-30 18:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hope and faith go together.
"…I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith."
“Ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise. “Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope.”
“If ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.”
2007-04-30 19:14:47 · answer #6 · answered by joatman71 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is a belief. Hope is still just a hope.
2007-04-30 18:40:01 · answer #7 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hope precedes faith. I hope it's true rather than I believe it's true.
2007-04-30 18:39:48 · answer #8 · answered by saxman232001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best definiition is from the Bible itself: "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Another version says, "Faith is the evidence of things hoped for."
2007-04-30 18:54:24 · answer #9 · answered by gateaux 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time, what you hope to be true doesn't come true. Having faith in God learns you to trust him so you don't have to hope all the time.
Faith means 'complete trust in someone or something'
what you hope to be true is just thinking about yourself. and being selfish.
2007-04-30 18:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by jewel;-) 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋