For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—
By Faith
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deuteronomy 32:20 is included in this list to remind us of a past in which God was faithful to hear the cries of His people and save them out of Egypt but hid His face from them because they did not trust Him. They saw the power of God first hand and yet that was not enough to cause them to trust God. The Hebrew word in that verse for faith is ‘ēmûn and is connected to issues of trust.
There are 23 dictionaries listed at BLB.ORG that have a variety of things to say about faith, its meaning, its use, its function, its power but none of those come close to the reality of placing our faith in Christ.
so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Faith does not rest in the wisdom of mankind. It rests only after God has used it.
God is not finished using our faith to serve His will.
Press on.