Faith, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)

The essence of faith consists in receiving what God has revealed, and may be defined as that trust in the God of the Scriptures and in Jesus Christ whom He hath sent, which receives Him as Saviour and Lord, and impels to loving obedience and good works John 1:12; James 2:14-26. The particular uses of faith give rise to its secondary definitions:

(1) For salvation, faith is personal trust, apart from meritorious works, in the Lord Jesus Christ, as delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification Romans 4:5,23-25.

(2) As used in prayer, faith is the “confidence that we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us” 1 John 5:14,15.

(3) As used in reference to unseen things of which Scripture speaks, faith “gives substance” to them, so that we act upon the conviction of their reality. Hebrews 11:1-3.

(4) As a working principle in life, the uses of faith are illustrated in Hebrews 11:1-39.

Hebrews 11:39

And these all, having obtained a through faith, received not the :

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them gave he to become the sons of God, even to them that on his name:

James 2:14-26

14 What doth it , my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not ? can save him?

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of ,

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are to the body; what doth it profit?

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is , being alone.

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee .

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also , and .

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that without works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made ?

23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was unto him for righteousness: and he was called the .

24 Ye see then how that by works a man is , and not by faith only.

25 Likewise also was not justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

26 For as the body without the is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Romans 4:5, 23-25

5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for .

23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was to him;

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our .

1 John 5:14-15

14 And this is the that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the that we desired of him.

Hebrews 11:1-3

1 Now faith is the of things hoped for, the of things not seen.

2 For by it the elders obtained a .

3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the , so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Faith, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)

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