“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

The marvelous “faith chapter,” Hebrews 11, is an amazing chapter. Here, faith is defined, not as some intangible wishfulness, but as “substance” and “evidence.” Let us look closely.

“Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee” (Joshua 2:18).

“Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them” (Psalm 89:9).

“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13).