What's the difference between "The substance of things hoped for" and "the strong belief in things hoped for"?
2007-10-01 02:30:35 · 7 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is faith and then there is faith
“the righteousness of God is revealed from faith [human] to
faith [of Christ in us]” (Rom. 1:17).
One is the strong belief in things hoped for, or humanly faith - almost everyone believes that faith involves feelings. But physical feelings merely come from the human senses and have nothing whatsoever to do withGod—or faith!
Human beings accept knowledge that they have received through the five senses—seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting. These senses all involve physical information—physical knowledge. The mind receives and processes this information in order to draw conclusions about circumstances, things and events taking place around it.
The substance of faith - Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the essence of things not seen
Faith is spiritual, not physical. It is a confident assurance, which comes from the Spirit of God in the mind of a converted human being.
How then can faith involve evidence that is invisible—not seen? Faith involves evidence in the following way. Real faith, in any promise made by God, is actually the evidence. It is the belief that is the evidence. If God promises to do something, it is impossible for Him to lie (Heb. 6:18).
Your evidence that He will perform it is the very unwavering faith that you hold.
Hebrews 11:1 said, “faith is…the evidence.” If you have true Christian faith, you do not need to search for the evidence—you already possess it! Faith is always exercised toward God, but it is Christ who makes
this possible.
2007-10-01 03:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing -- both are empty buckets waiting for a healthy rain.
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The substance of things hoped for implies that the "things' don't exist. A belief in things hoped for adds nothing to the possibility of their non-existence. In both cases, "hoped for" has the same value and neither "belief in things" nor "the substance of things" makes a hoots worth of difference on what hope will do... Hope is completely baseless and always ineffective on the eventual outcome of it's object.
Need rain? Call an Indian rain-maker. He'll dance-up and chant-up some results for you... eventually. Of course, you could just sit back and wait hopefully. It's generally a quieter wait and much more pleasant; and, the outcome will be the same either way.
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2007-10-01 13:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not so sure there is a clear separation between the two.
The substance of things hoped for would be your faith; your belief in what you pray for
The strong belief in things hoped for would be the quality (or lack thereof, I suppose) of that faith
2007-10-01 10:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three great quotes to answer your question. Here goes,
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true." - Mark Twain
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."
--Ferdinand Magellan
2007-10-01 09:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a great difference.
Scenario 1 the substance of things hoped for
" Lord, please give me a ferrari"
Scenario 2 the strong belief in things hoped for
" Lord, please give me a car"
2007-10-01 09:42:33 · answer #5 · answered by hesahama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is believing . (in Things) . Seek first the kingdom of God and all thing will be added to you.
GOD BLESS
2007-10-01 09:42:24 · answer #6 · answered by TCC Revolution 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say both are heading in the same direction.
Quit majoring in minors.
2007-10-01 09:36:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋