Heb. 10: 38a, "…the just shall live by faith…"  The writer is finishing up the 10th chapter and ready to begin one of the most well known passages in the entire New Testament.

In Hebrews, the 11th chapter, we have "The Faith Chapter."   One after another of the Old Testament patriarchs are named and their faith examined.  The chapter begins with a  definition.

Heb. 11: 1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."  What a marvelous definition of faith.

Substance:    Of things hoped for.  Not just any hope, but a confident hope.
Evidence:     Of things not seen.  The spiritual touches our hearts.  Unseen, but felt.

How can you explain faith to a person who has none.  Our faith is not blind; we have a tremendous record of evidence to prove the Deity of Jesus.  We believe because of  Old Testament Jewish prophecy.  We believe because of the testimony of the Disciples and the radical turnaround in their lives after the resurrection.  We believe because of the miraculous vision and conversion of Paul on the road to Damascus and his transformation from killing Christians, to converting them with the story of Christ. We believe because…because…because.   The list goes on and on.

But in the end, there is a leap.  A leap from questions, to faith.

And the rest is history--in each of our lives.  The just shall live by faith.