福音的重要信息：一个必要的词--信心
希伯来书十一章1至10节
1信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。
2古人在这信上得了美好的证据。
3我们因着信，就知道诸世界是藉神话造成的；这样，所看见的，并不是从显然之物造出来的。
4亚伯因着信，献祭与神，比该隐所献的更美，因此便得了称义的见证，就是神指他礼物作的见证。他虽然死了，却因这信，仍旧说话。
5以诺因着信，被接去，不至于见死，人也找不着他，因为神已经把他接去了；只是他被接去以先，已经得了神喜悦他的明证。
6人非有信，就不能得神的喜悦；因为到神面前来的人必须信有神，且信他赏赐那寻求他的人。
7挪亚因着信，既蒙神指示他未见的事，动了敬畏的心，预备了一只方舟，使他全家得救。因此就定了那世代的罪，自己也承受了那从信而来的义。
8亚伯拉罕因着信，蒙召的时候就遵命出去，往将来要得为业的地方去；出去的时候，还不知往那里去。
9他因着信，就在所应许之地作客，好像在异地居住帐棚，与那同蒙一个应许的以撒、雅各一样。
10因为他等候那座有根基的城，就是神所经营所建造的。
信息分享
我们似乎很难为「信心」下定义，但它却是我们日常生活的必备要素。当人造了一座桥，看来十分简陋和原始，因此，当人要走过它，或驾车经过它的时候，便需要有一定的信心，相信桥是稳固安全的。当农夫耕种的时候，他也要有信心相信将来必有收成。甚至是你坐在椅子上，也需要有信心相信椅子是稳固的。当你把钱放进银行的时候，也是一种信心的表现。听从医生的指示服药，同样是信心的行动。
神同样要我们运用这个信心的原则，借着相信祂的儿子耶稣基督，来得着祂为我们所预备的救恩。我们必须用信心接受神为我们所成就的一切，才能得着救恩。
我们并非只是张开双手去领受救恩。我们愿意接受，乃因我们相信那位为我们成就救恩，而甘愿献上自己的救主。
我们若要得着神所应许的救恩，就不单起初要相信，还要坚持相信到底。
圣经一直强调个人的信心。别人可以为我们做很多事，却不可以代替我们相信。我们必须决定是否相信，并坚定持守本身的信心。
得救的信心，是始于不再把目光放在自己，以及自己所作的事上，转而唯独仰望耶稣。
信心不在乎行动，而在乎倚靠。信心并非凭借感觉，而是在于信靠神的话。你的信心是以甚么作为基础呢？
牢记经文：
「信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。」（来十一1）
GREAT WORD OF THE GOSPEL The Necessary Word - FAITH
Hebrews 11:1-10
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Message
A Sunday School teacher asked, 'What do we mean by faith?' A little boy answered, 'Believing things you know aren't true. 'No, faith is not that. Faith is confidence in what God has said, and therefore we believe His word as being true.
Faith may seem hard to define yet it is a universal principle. If men build a bridge, however primitive it is, they exercise faith when they walk, ride or drive across it. Farmers exercise faith whenever they plant a crop. Even to sit on a chair is to show faith. You believe it will hold you. Putting money in a bank is an act of faith. Obeying a doctor shows our faith in him.
God has chosen this principle of faith to be the link that leads to salvation through His Son Jesus Christ. Faith is accepting what God has done as the only means of salvation.
It is not only opening our hands to receive. It is taking what is offered because we believe in the one who is making the offer.
This initial act of trusting God becomes the pertinent abiding attitude of the soul which has accepted God's promise of salvation.
Faith is personal. Many things can be done for us by other people but not exercising faith. Personal faith is the only kind recognised in the Bible. We must have it for ourselves.
Saving by faith is looking away from ourselves and from what we have done or can do and looking to Christ alone.
Faith is not doing, it is resting. Faith is not based on feelings but it is taking God at His word. Are you doing that?
REMEMBER THIS VERSE: 'Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.' (Hebrews 11:1)