Faith is based on the understanding that the world was created by the Word of God. The Word of God is the permanent real, and the world created from it is secondary, not eternal.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Hebrews 11:3).
Faith must look to the Word behind the world, for we were made for eternity, not time.
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever (1 John 2:17). Everyone born of God overcomes the world (1 John 5:4). For in this world we are like Him (1 John 4:17), aliens and strangers in the world (1 Peter 2:11) but the elect of God (1 Peter 1:1).
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