Fear, Faith & Trust

Read Proverbs 3:1–6 (ESV)

The Complete Jewish Study Bible: Notes (Chapter 3)

Trust in ADONAI with all your heart. Trust (batak) is used in Deut. 28:52 to refer to the confidence placed in walls that protect a city from raiding armies. Trust is synonymous with faith or confidence.

“Trusting in ADONAI includes incorporating “the knowledge of the true way of living, and guidance for correct behavior.” - Rabbi Avraham Cohen

What is Faith?

Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)

Faith - Pistis (Greek) is persuasion, conviction and consistency.

Most translations present this verse as describing the subjective experience of faith as “assurance” and “conviction.

The Greek terms chosen by our author focus instead on the objective realities of faith and could perhaps be translated, “Faith is the reality [substance] of things hoped for, the evidence that proves things unseen” (cf. KJV, NKJV).

Continue Reading Hebrews 11:2-6 (ESV)

Hebrews Exposition

The Greek word means not only seek Him, but “seek Him out”—that is, seek Him until they find Him, and seek Him above all others. It is a very strong word; we hardly know how to transfer its meaning into English, for though it does not say “diligently,” it implies it. We must seek, and seek out, that is, seek until we really find. Those who with their hearts follow after God shall not be losers if they believe that He will reward them. You have to believe God so as to seek His glory.