UNDERSTAND THE PERSON IN FAITH
" These all died IN FAITH , not having received the promises, but having SEEN them afar off, and were PERSUADED of them, and EMBRACED them, and CONFESSED that they were STRANGERS and pilgrims on the earth ." (Hebrews 11:13, emphasis added). This marvelous section of the scriptures helps us to understand the truth about a person in faith. 1 . A person in faith has A PROMISE from God the heavenly Father. 2 . A person in faith has a vision. He or she SEES the reality of the promise of the heavenly Father afar off. 3 . A person in faith is PERSUADED about the fulfillment of the vision from heaven. 4 . A person in faith EMBRACES the responsibility of the fulfillment of the vision. 5 . A person in faith CONFESSES that he or she is a STRANGER and PILGRIM on earth. In other words a person of faith is a peculiar person. He doesn't live like others. His life is driven by the vision of the promise from the heavenly Father. Faith is not always about immediate results. ...