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GRACE ABOUNDS ONLINE BIBLE STUDY THEME: FAITH LIFE OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS (Part 5) TOPIC: FAITH IN RELATION WITH HOPE (2) SPEAKER: Peter Ayoola Fakeye (PAF) Hebrew 11:1 Romans 8:24-25 Hope is basic for every christian believers, that without hope, life loses its meaning (Lamentations 3:18). The Bible says in Romans 8:24-25 that, "we are saved in hope." When we observe how we got saved after we've heard the gospel truth; the saving grace of CHRIST. You will agree with me that we didn't get to see it with our physical eyes, but we expect that we will be save, which was why we could put our faith in the person of Jesus for our redemption. We can also see it in that Romans 8:24, where the Apostle further said that "hope that is seen is not hope." This means that  biblical hope doesn't operate on what is seen. In other words, I can say that 'Hope' is a virtue to counter all of the negatives all around you. Actually, It is a blind man, that is, someone...

GRACE ABOUNDS ONLINE BIBLE STUDY THEME: FAITH LIFE OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS (Part 4) TOPIC: FAITH IN RELATION WITH HOPE SPEAKER: Peter Ayoola Fakeye (PAF) Hebrew 11:1 It is very important we talk about hope when we are dealing with faith. It is very important because the Bible says Faith gives substance to whatever we have hoped in God. Just like a leather ball, when it has been deflated, it will definitely not bounce. But when air has been pumped into it in the right proportion, then the ball will be able to bounce. But when you puump air inside a tore leather ball, it can never bounce. Hope is like the leather ball and faith is like the air pumped inside it. The reason we are not bouncing is because there is no hope available for faith to work in. Or your hope has been tored just like the tired leather ball. Therefore, it is very important to understand hope as much it is important to understand faith. So what is hope? Hope is an expectation of God's manifestation in our everyday e...

GRACE ABOUNDS ONLINE BIBLE STUDY THEME: FAITH LIFE OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS (Part 3) TOPIC: FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE SPEAKER: Peter Ayoola Fakeye (PAF) Hebrew 11:1 Substance here means foundation; something that is firm. It is very important for us to understand this because many people think faith is just a figment of imagination or an idealogy. Faith is not based on experience neither is it calculated through reason.  Faith is also the foundation of any hope we may have under God. If our hope is not sitting or resting on a foundation, then our hope will be dangling in the air. Faith is a bed rock for whatever you are hoping to receive from God. If a person's hope is not hanging on the faith of Jesus, then that hope will be dashed (Romans 5:5). We have seen how God Himself engaged faith in His Son for the creation and redemption of man. Therefore, God's hope of having many sons in glory is hanged upon the faith in His son, Jesus. This tells us that Faith is the foundational basis ...