What is Faith?

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Apr 26, 2026 · 6m

Faith is not a vague sincerity, a “proper spirit,” or a good attitude divorced from truth, but the means by which God applies to us the saving work of Jesus Christ; faith in itself has no value unless it rests on true knowledge of God as He has revealed Himself, just as confidence in nonexistent money cannot make a check good. Scripture teaches that faith presupposes knowledge, is “the substance of things hoped for,” and is not something we do but something we receive: the gift of God whereby we apprehend Christ Himself. To have faith in Christ is to have Christ not in His fullness, but truly…