"For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God." (Hebrews 7:19 KJV)
"Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you. But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do." (PSALM 73:27-28 NLT)
With this great hope in mind, faith becomes the SafetyNet, if you will, that keeps us holding on to what we have been given! I can tell you with all my heart, doubt does not do anything but make us more aware of our need to have faith; as I have learned, over and over again, God's Word is more than just truth, it is life everlasting; if that is, we keep holding unto it!
If you don't know what I mean, when that Bible says, "whosoever believes," believing is not just saying that you believe, it is you knowing the truth, so much so, that you are certain to overcome any doubt that you might have, because your eternal life depends upon you keeping the faith. This is not a rebuttal to God's grip upon our lives, because I truly believe that His promises are sure; but we must have faith in what we believe, or it isn't really faith, at all.
Basically, what I am trying to say, is that this great hope is not really hopeful, if you don't have the faith to believe that what you hope for is possible; you are just hoping that something is true, without believing that it is absolutely so. You know the drill: "God said it, I believe it, that settles it!" When you settle that, there is no real doubt...
"Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence." (Ephesians 3:12 NLT)
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