Bedside Watchman FAITH IN THE UNSEEN

Last Updated on : October 11, 2014

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December 4th -- Hebrews 11
FAITH IN THE UNSEEN

ENOCH'S removal would prove a nine days wonder, his disappearance giving occasion to much talk. Search parties sought for him, expecting to find him either dead or alive; but without success -- "He was not found." We might see here some parallel with what will happen in the day of the Lord's advent, when some are "taken." It will occasion the same surprise, and similar results. And it will precede the judgment which corresponds to "the days of Noah."Faith in God involves two things, says the apostle, as in his brief, pregnant way he treats of matters revealed in the Old Testament; belief in the existence of God, and that God has a purpose with man, Faith touches the unseen, and shews itself in the confidence that God is. It touches also things hoped for, and therefore matters of promise. In this its relationship to the Word of God is seen; for things promised are known in and by the Word of God, and faith comes by hearing the Word of God.

JOHN CARTER, The Letter to the Hebrews,

pages 217-218