Faith Versus Hope (Part 2)
Pastor Zubeda Sing · 1 min read
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”.”
Truth received intellectually by the mind may be sterile and ineffective, but truth received by Faith into the heart is always dynamic and life changing. A person who truly believes will be changed by what he believes. In the Above Scripture, Solomon warns us to protect our heart. Everything that finally decides the course of our lives proceeds from the heart. True Biblical Faith proceeds from the heart and determines the way we live.
It is not a mere intellectual concept, entertained by the mind. It is a real active force at work in the heart. However, God does not leave the mind without its proper provision. Faith at work in the heart produces hope in the mind. Faith in the heart is the substance, the underlying reality. This provides a valid, scriptural basis for the hope that we entertain in our minds.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Paul mentions the different areas of our personalities that are affected by Faith and those that are affected by hope. “But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” Faith and Love are the breastplate, and the breastplate protects the heart. Hope is the helmet, and it protects the head, or the mind.
From the July 2010 issue, themed ‘Something Good Is Going to Happen to Me This Month.
