Christians: Without giving me a biblical definition, explain?

Question

in your own words what you think faith is.

Jon M- a student of logic and argument, eh? I like that. Me, too.

Duckphup- Yup. You're right. Yours certainly is a non-christian and very hostile perspective. Nero would've loved you no doubt. Hypothesis contrary to fact, I know, but- I'm sure you get my point.

Matt D- Your edit remarks are right on target. I just hope that others here see and read them.

Tim- Am I correct in understanding you to mean that I believe what I believe because someone else told me to believe it? If so, you are dead wrong. In my family, dad was an atheist, and mom was a member of not only Order of the Eastern Star and the Roscicrucian Order, she was a witch as well. Christianity was a big-time no-no in my house. That is, until some tragedy came upon someone; then, all of a sudden, God was very interesting. The hypocrisy of it all is one of the things that drove me closer and closer to wanting to understand this God of the Hebrews.

Answer 1

Faith is basically the level of trust, obedience, and perhaps discernment we have at any given time to follow God.

It was said that people like Moses and David had great faith yet at times they didnt trust and obey God and his anger burned against them. The apostles at times had very poor faith because they just underestimated Gods power and didnt understand what Jesus was trying to do.

EDIT:Faith is NOT merely believing what is unseen or not by evidence. The pharisees saw the miracles and STILL didnt believe. Seeing isnt always believing. When the Bible talks about believing while not seeing, thats a TEST of faith, but not faith itself.

Answer 2

I think faith is a deeper level of reliance then just sense knowledge. You have faith that someone (you don't know) who wrote the book for airplane diagnostics is right and you put your life on it without a second thought because its in book form. That's faith. Its total reliance and also a trust that is internal. I can logically believe something at a shallow level but in a real context may have a hard time truly believing or trusting something. When Jesus turned water into wine He didn't say, "I hope this works".

Answer 3

Faith is confidence in something or someone that what you believe about them is correct and things hoped for will come to pass even though you do not have concrete proof of it. Because it doesn't take faith for things you can see.
Take care and may God bless you spiritually.

Answer 4

Faith is knowing what will happen without seeing it. For example if one was to jump from the top floor of the Empire State Building to the ground i have faith they would not survive the fall. I have faith in the Blood to cleans me as white as snow.

Answer 5

Believing someone or something as totally true based on the knowledge and experience that what you have already learned is true.

In other words, you believe every thing that someone told you because you tested what you could test and found it true and so you believe that every thing else is as you were told because you have no reason to not trust that it is also true,

Answer 6

Faith is based on previous experience. I can have faith in a friend who I have known for a long time and who has never let me down. Faith without such a base is blind faith.

Answer 7

Most of these people are giving religious definitions. Faith is simply the belief in the word of another. It can apply to religious principles, but it is not limited to them.

Answer 8

Faith is attitude, conviction and conduct based on a right relationship with God. It is not static, but grows in strength and depth as we nourish that relationship with our Creator throughout our lives.

Answer 9

The faith referred to in Scripture has to do with believing God will perform what He has declared He will do.

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Answer 10

Belief