THE DEFINITION OF FAITH.

FAITH is the basis for HOPE and the evidence for conviction concerning UNSEEN REALITIES.
1 Timothy 3 says, "This is a True saying: If a man is eager to be a Church Leader, he desires an excellent work. (1) He must be Mature in the Faith, so that he will not swell up with pride and be condemned, as the Devil was. (6) Church Helpers must also have a good character and be sincere; they must not be overindulged or be greedy for money; they should hold to the Revealed Truth of the Faith with a clear conscience. They should be tested first, and then, if they pass the test, they are to serve." (8-10)
Titus 2 says, "You must Teach what agrees with solid Doctrine. Instruct the older men  to be temperate in the use of all sources of pleasure, sensible, and self-controlled; to be deep in their Faith, Love, and Endurance. (1-2)
Christian Faith is based on the complete Word of God. Faith is based on concrete evidence. Paul says in Romans 1: "I have complete confidence in the Scripture; it is God's Power to Save All Who Believe, first the Jew and also the Gentiles. For the Scripture reveals how God puts people right with Himself :
'It is through Faith from Beginning to End.' " (Romans 1: 16-17)
The visible Creative Works testify to the existence of an Invisible Creator. The actual occurrences of Jesus Christ, taking place during His Ministry and earthly life, identify Him as the Son of God.
God's record of providing for His Servants serve as a valid basis for Believing that He is a Giver and Restorer of Life. The reliability of God's Word and the accurate fulfillment of its Prophecies instill confidence in the realization of All of His Promises.
Romans 11 says, "There is a Secret Truth, which I want you to know, for it will keep you from thinking how wise you are. It is that the stubbornness of the people of Israel is not permanent, but will last only until the 'complete number of Gentiles comes to God.' This is how All Israel will be saved.
As the Scripture says: 'The Savior will come from Zion and He will remove all the wickedness from the descendants of Jacob. I will make This Covenant with them when I take away their sins.'
Because the Jews reject the Good News, they are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's Choice, Jews are His Friends because of their ancestors. For God does not change His Mind about Whom He Chooses and Blesses. As for you Gentiles, you disobeyed God in the past; but now you have received God's Mercy because the Jews were disobedient. In the same way, because of the Mercy that you have received, the Jews now disobey God, in order that they also may now receive God's Mercy. For God has made All People prisoners of disobedience, so that He Might Show Mercy to them all. (Romans 11: 25-32)
Romans 9 and 10 say, "So we say that the Gentiles, who were not trying to put themselves right with God were put Right With Him Through Faith; while God's People, the Jews, who were seeking a Law that would put them Right With God, did not find it. And why not? Because Jews did not depend on Faith but on what they did. And so they stumbled over the 'stumbling stone' that the Scripture speaks of: 'Look, I place in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall. But whoever Believes in Him will not be disappointed.' (9: 30-33)
"I can assure you," says Paul, "that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion to God in not based on True Knowledge. They have not known the Way In Which God Puts People Right With Himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's Way of Putting People Right." (10: 2-4)
"Moses wrote this about being put Right With God by Obeying the Law: 'Whoever Obeys the Commands of the Law will live.' But what the scripture says about being put Right With God Through Faith is this: 'You are not to ask yourself, Who will go up into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down). 'Nor are you ask, Who will go down into the World below?' (that is, to bring Christ up from death).
What the Scripture says is this: 'God's message is near you, on your lips and in your heart' -that is, the Message of Faith that we preach." (10: 5-8)  "For it is by our Faith that we are put Right With God; it is by our confession that we are saved. The Scripture says, 'Whoever Believes in Him will not be disappointed."(10: 10-11)  "If you confess that Jesus is Lord and Believe that God Raised Him from the power of death, then you will be saved."(10:9)
Faith is not the possession of all persons, as it is a fruit of God's Spirit, and the Christian's Faith is not static, but it grows.
2 Thessalonians 2 says, "Concerning the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with Him: 'I beg you, not to be so easily confused in your thinking or upset by the claim  that the Day of the Lord has come." ((1-2) "Do not let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come until the Final Rebellion takes place and the Wicked One appears who is destined to hell. He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God."(3-4) "Yes there is something that keeps this from happening now, and you know what it is. At the proper Time, then, the Wicked One will appear. The Mysterious Wickedness is already at work, but what is going to happen will not happen until the One Who Holds It Back is taken out of the Way. Then the Wicked One will be revealed, but when the Lord Jesus comes, He will kill the Wicked One with the Breath From His Mouth and destroy the Wicked One with His dazzling Presence." (6-8) "The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders, and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the Truth so as to be saved." (9-10) "The result is that all who have not believe the Truth, but have taken pleasure in sin, will be condemned." (12).