Some did not even live long enough to personally see the promises fulfilled, yet they went about their lives with a certainty that it would happen. The characters listed in Hebrews 11 are all people who acted in trust regarding what God told them, even though they had not yet received what was offered. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil" (Hebrews 6:17-19). " Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
Rather it is a confidence and trust that grows from the evidence. This is not a claim that faith is blind or acts contrary to evidence. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord" (II Corinthians 5:6-8). " So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. That trust is so strong that we don't demand that we have to see something to believe it.
#Faith and hope full#
We have full trust that God fulfills His promises. We hope for heaven, but it isn't an empty hope. " Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).įaith is closely tied to hope. I guess if your preacher thinks hope continues, the question should be: "What to expect to be hoping for in heaven that you won't already have?" These will be realities when we are there, so they will no longer be hopes. When Christians talk about hope, they are referring to being saved, having a home in heaven, and going to live with the Lord. You cannot hope for something that you already have because you already possess it. When one speaks of hope, it is not a vague notion, there is something for which a person longs to have. " For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance" (Romans 8:24-25).
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