what is the definition of faith and its characteristics?

Answer 1

Belief in the absence of compelling evidence.

Answer 2

According to th bible:
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -Hebrew 11:1

According to wikipedia:
Faith has two general implications which can be implied either exclusively or mutually

1. To Trust:
Believing a certain variable will act or has the potential to act a specific way despite the potential influence and probability of known or unknown change.
To have faith in ones spouse that he/she will keep a promise of commitment
To have faith that the world will someday be peaceful
To have faith in a person to pay you back

2. To believe without reason:
Believing impulsively, or believing based upon personal hopes
In either case, Faith is based upon the interpretation of the intangible (feelings, emotions, etc.) instead of the physically tangible and is primarily associated with religion in modern times.

Answer 3

Faith, the Bible says is the "belief in things unseen." Such as Angels, Heaven and Jehovah God. There's a reason God didn't place signs on earth saying, "I made this," its because then Faith would have been useless. And the Bible says that without faith, we're nothing. So, its only by trusting in what we cannot see that we find salvation according to the scriptures.

Answer 4

Faith is the euphemism used by deluded people whan questioned as t why they believe in something for which there is not and never can be any valid evidence or proof.

Faith is used in accusatory terms when a follower of a religion starts to have independent thoughts not sanctioned by dogma or leaders, as in, "You have too little faith".

Faith is one of the hooks used by someone who is trying to sell you something which doesn't exist. If it were a piece of land or an investment scheme most sane people would want documentary evidence before they bought in, but when it comes to religion (which can be a far more costly investment financially and emotionaly) saying, "You just need to have faith" is seen as a deal clincher.

Answer 5

Faith is trusting G-d's character and promises.


Think of someone you know well who has a good heart and good character-- someone you can count on.

You respond to that person's words with confidence, right?

That is what faith is, except it is trusting G-d's words because of the heart and character behind the words.

When you sit in a chair, you are exercising faith that the chair will hold you-- or you are nervously trying to hold yourself up as you sit there.

In the same way, people who grow to know what G-d is really like relax and trust Him. He is big enough and wise enough and strong enough and good enough to take good care of His children who trust in Him.

Numbers says, "G-d is not a man that He should lie or like a son of man change his mind."

G-d is faithful and full of integrity. Faith is choosing to believe He means what He says and acting accordingly.

Answer 6

Faith- Entemology: Middle English "feith", from Anglo-French "feid" or "fei", from Latin "fides" and akin to Latin "fidere", meaning "to trust".

a) allegiance to a duty or a person, LOYALTY (he was faithful to his country)
b) fidelity to one's promises (he was faithful to his wife)
c) sincerity of one's intentions ("he took his partner's word on good faith")

d) belief and trust in and loyalty to God; also, belief and trust in the traditional doctrines of a religion
e) Firm belief in something for which there is no immediate proof: complete trust ("I have faith that Bill will get here sooner or later, he has never failed to show up.")
f) something that is believed with an especially strong conviction; a system of religious belief

The one unifying characteristic in all of these definitions is trust in, and loyalty to, another. It doesn't seem to matter if the thing inspiring the faith is God, or a person, or a political system, or a philosophy: the loyalty to that person, place, or thing is an expression of trust, and hence, faith. Faith in these forms is usually a noun or a transitive verb: my FAITH can be the one I was raised in (hence a noun), or I can exercise my FAITH in another person (use it as a verb).

Answer 7

faith is accepting God's Word as true, even when people say there is not proof. Faith is beliving God is who He says He is, even when people says there is no proof. Faith is knowing that Jesus is God's Son, even when people say there is no God and therefore Jesus is just a teacher and a nice guy. Faith is realizing when someone says something like "faith is what people use when there is no way of proving anything" that they could very well be talking about themselves, and knowing God hears when you pray for them.

Answer 8

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)
The whole chapter of Hebrews 11 is a good place to start looking for the answer to this question. It's sometimes called "The rolecall of the faithful." And that's fitting.

Answer 9

Faith is trust.

Simple example:

"I have faith in you" means that from previous experiences with the person, they have shown themselves to be trustworthy and you are consequently willing to depend on them. Their word is more reliable. Their promises more credible. When you give them something, you expect them to repay. The same thing with faith in God. Trust.

Answer 10

now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. knowing that God is real and loves you though you never seen him in person. knowing when you die your going to heaven even though you cant see beyond the clouds. knowing your going to be blessed with a great paying job even at the present time the job you have is not so great. there is this hope inside you that you dont let go of and it makes you very, very happy yet its hard to explain it!

Answer 11

The definition of faith is written in


Hebrews 11:1

" Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen."


It's needed to serve God.

Hebrews 11:6

"And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him. "


It was delivered unto the saints once for all.

Jude 1:3

"Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. "


Faith must be kept.

2 Timothy 4:7

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: "



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