Hebrews, James (Reformation Commentary on Scripture) author_lambert-heath Finding himself a wanted man

Finding himself a wanted man

and confidence in God’s promises for the life to come

the reader emerges with a better understanding of what it means to live a faithful life

and history has shown him to be right

Hebrews, James (Reformation Commentary on Scripture) author_lambert-heath Finding himself a wanted manFaith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen, wrote the author of the epistle to the Hebrews. Reflecting on this verse and the epistle s description of the high priestly and sacrificial ministry of Jesus Christ, Swiss Reformed theologian and exegete Heinrich Bullinger defined faith as the most constant mental certainty, which rests on those things to which all our hope is directed, namely . . . the expectation of