{"id":3390,"date":"2021-03-01T01:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T07:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2021-03-06T02:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T08:06:04","slug":"confessions-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/confessions-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Confession\u2019s Conviction&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2399 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chag0q3i94r.jpg?resize=145%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"146\" \/>\u201cFaith is the foundation (i.e., \u1f51\u03c0\u1f79\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2: the &#8220;substance,&#8221; reality, underlying essence, etc.) of our hope, the conviction of the unseen&#8230; Without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would draw near must believe that God exists and rewards (\u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) those who seek him\u201d (Heb. 11:1,6). Note that God is pleased when we seek his presence, that is, when we when we look past the ephemera and ambiguity of the phenomenal world for the truth about spiritual reality (2 Cor. 4:18). For our part, faith resolves to confession (\u1f41\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f73\u03c9), that is, aligning our perspective and focus to agree with the revelation and message of divine truth and verbally declaring our conviction. We must say that we believe and affirm it with all our heart (Rom. 10:9). As it says, &#8220;I will make Your faithfulness known with my mouth&#8221; (Psalm 89:2). When you encounter tribulation, or experience some crisis of faith, boldly reaffirm your hope: &#8220;I believe in God\u2019s promise&#8230;&#8221; Physically expressing your faith is itself an act of faith, and this encourages your soul to trust in God\u2019s healing reward even in the present struggle or darkness&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psalm105-4-analysis.gif?resize=502%2C520&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3390-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psalm105-4-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psalm105-4-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psalm105-4-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFaith is the foundation (i.e., \u1f51\u03c0\u1f79\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2: the &#8220;substance,&#8221; reality, underlying essence, etc.) of our hope, the conviction of the unseen&#8230; Without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would draw near must believe that God exists and rewards (\u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) those who seek him\u201d (Heb. 11:1,6). Note that God is pleased when we seek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3395,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/3395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}