Discussing the Realities of Faith, Hope and Love

1. Thrive in Christ Ministries
Coach Nikolai

2.  Writer of Hebrews defines it in the eleventh
chapter of Hebrews as the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence not seen.
Greek-Pistuo (Pistis) Strong Conviction
 Hope is an expectation of something to
happen
 Substance in the Greek, hypostasis, means
“Assurance, Foundation, Setting”.
 Evidence in the Greek, eleghos, means
proof, conviction

3. Defined as the Foundation of things hoped for. It is an assurance of
things hoped for. Confidence of things hoped for.
Assurance (Present)  Hope (Future)
In their heart, they are assured of a hope and strive toward it, like
they already have it. Their mouth and actions follow suit.
It is a firm foundation for anything. It is how everything was made.
Everything in this world created by faith.
Ex. The Book gives a foundation and assurance of the hope of a
house of cards being supported.

4. The foundations of the earth were created.
(Worlds were framed)
The Unseen Created the Seen
The Substance cannot be seen since it is
based on the unseen.
Faith is operating in the unseen to create
the seen
Apostle Paul is trying to tell us that
everything in existence was created by
faith. The unseen created the seen.
In Genesis, Moses said God created the
heavens and the earth, by speaking things
into existence out of his heart.

5.  A Person is composed of
spirit, soul, body, faith, hope and love.
 We all have faith, hope and love working in
us. God wants us to use it properly.
 We are all creatures of love since God created
us in his own image
 We were created to have faith, hope and love.
 We were created to walk by faith and not what
you see
 Feelings and Sight is not always reality.

6.  Comes by hearing the word of God vs 17
 Believed in the Heart vs 9-10
 Released with the Mouth vs 9-10
 Released with your actions James 2:14-24
 Faith of God:
 Doesn’t try to get Jesus back from above to help
us vs 7
 Or try to crucify Jesus Again vs 8
 Believes it is already done in Jesus Name 2 Peter
1:3
 Releases The Power 1 John 5:4
 Strives for the hope of it being done 1 Timothy
6:12

7.  Its total assurance in your heart
 Bible says to love God with all of your
mind, heart and soul
 With Everything, believe in him
 The substance is not just in your mind, its in
your heart, mind and soul

8.  Evidence will happen as a result of faith +
patience (Hebrews 3:14, 24)
 But one must believe that God will already
provide the evidence, that the evidence is
there, before the evidence can be displayed.
 “Evidence of things not seen”. It is the
outward evidence of things not seen.
 Faith is present view of things to come.
 You already got it, so keep believing as if you
already have it, and you will see the evidence.

9.  Exhibitted by how one presents his life, in word
and deed
 Confidence will strive to produce actions
overtime. This is a universal fact. Why:
 In your heart, you already see the evidence.
 So you will do anything to make that a reality in
your life.
 Faith without works is useless, its just
meaningless, without substance. It cannot be
faith, and it cannot save.
 Knowing the truth is good will not save you or
have evidence, but believing its for you will cause
you to act upon it

10. Walking by faith requires diligence and
patience. It’s a new sight in their heart.
It works through love, and love causes us to
endure, protect, seek God and humble to
God.
Assurance (Present)  Hope (Future) = Results

11. Galatians 5:6

12.  Basic Definition: Affection, Good Will
 Different Types:
 Phileo (Brotherly Love)
 Agape (Unconditional Love)
 Phileo can be translated into Brotherly
Kindness. It is the stepping stone to Agape
Love.
 Faith works in Love…Faith is useless without
Love. 1 Corinthians 13:2 James 2:14
 Personification: God

13.  Patient
 Kind
 Not Envious
 Not Boastful
 Not Arrogant
 Rejoices and Operates in Truth, Not Iniquity
 Is not easily provoked
 Seeks God and Others, Not Selfish
 Seeks no ill will to his neighbor
 Unfeigned
 Thinking No Evil (Not taking record of wrong)
 Not Rude
 Believes all things (Godly)
 Endures all things (Godly)
 Hopes all things (Godly)
 Bears all things (Godly) (Protects)
 Covers Sins (1 Peter 4:8)

14. Humbles to God and to People. Like a waiter submits to her
manager while serves the customers.
God gave his children a brand new identity so they can serve him
and serve others.
Jesus humbled himself to his father for guidance and to People for
his ministry so we can learn to do the same Phillipians 2
God is love and he wants us to live in the world conflict free. God
wants us to represent him on the earth, showing peace, his light
and grace. That’s the essence of Love.
I will take you through all the attributes so you will know what I
mean.

15.  With Self, a person believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, and out of Love,
 Seeks God First (Ask, Seek, Knock) Matt 6,7
 Follows his guidance
 Does not want his own way or his own “reputation” (Remember, Jesus
was of no reputation), but wants Gods way
 Is not puffed up or conceited in his own knowledge
 Is Secure in knowing who he is in Christ. Knowing God is there for
him, and knowing what Christ made him.
 For God loved us, we respond with love back to him.
 We also fear, or revere God and worship God for who he is
 Makes him lord because he is our father and protector
 We seek to enhance his kingdom, because he loved us. We respond by
out of love doing things for him, submitting to him.
 Since we truly love him, we will see him as the ultimate source of truth.
 We Honor God and Respect God and Serve him with what he has given
us, all because he loves us so.
 Love God with all our mind, heart and soul (Matthew 22:37)

16.  Like faith, we are to love others with our:
 Heart (Central Source)
 Mind (Strength of a Man)
 Soul (Entire Being)
 Renew Your Mind to Him
 Give it All to Him
 Since God loves you, he wants you to give it
all to him.

17.  Love Serves People by caring for them and doing
what it takes for them to succeed.
 Love puts others needs before their own, unless
its vital for their needs to come first
 Love seeks others for guidance, under God’s
authority since God placed people in our lives to
care for us and other things.
 Love respects, honors people
 Love Accepts People for who they are
 Love believes the best out of people
 Love covers people’s sins.
 Love seeks to always serve the customer the best
way he or she can.

18.  Loving Neighbor as Yourself Matt 22:39
 Making Others better, but still meeting your
needs as well.
 Love puts an emphasis on people and not on
self.
 But Self is still managed, because it is given
to God (Matthew 6:35)

19.  Love is always Patient with people and God.
 Love Always is Patient in tribulation, in good
times, and in the bad times. People will do
what it takes for the people they love.
 Faith in God’s Love will cause someone to be
patient until God comes through
 Patience needs to be demonstrated to people
to show God.
 Love Endures All things. It always endures
people knowing there is a promise at hand.
 Hebrews 10,11

20.  Love always displays affection towards people
 Love is always Gentle (Matthew 22:39)
 Love is always Generous (Matthew 5-7)
 Love is always Tenderhearted (Ephesians 4:32)
 Love is always soft when needed (Proverbs 15:1)
 Love always seeks the needs of others
 Love always gives attention to others above what you think
 Love does what is best
 Love seeks the rights and feelings and well-being of others and
serves it.
 Examples of Kind Behaviors:
 1. Looking at other people’s point of view
 2. Seeking the Welfare of others
 3. Going by the pace both want in relationships
 4. Seeking to Understand Others
 Ephesians 4:29-32

21.  Love does not seek to go out of bounds concerning standard conduct with other people
 Love does not want ill will towards its neighbor
 Love does not act pushy towards other people
 Love does not seek to provoke its neighbor to wrath (Razzing, ETC)
 Love will always conform
 Love ALWAYS operates in respect to other people
 Love never tries to coerce any view on anyone.
 Love always operates in respect to God
 Does not overcome evil for evil
 Does not try to manipulate, harass.
 Love always strives to be Godly
 Love always strives to respect other’s cultures, groups
 KEY: Love submits to God, and to people’s rights, feelings, and well-being, whatever they are
 Love is not rude in places. It abides by the norms and rules of the places, for the other’s well
being.
 Love never challenges authority, or challenges a culture, or challenges a person unless its for
faith purposes.
 Love does not act like a jerk
 Love does not “want to understand what I want to understand” and quarrels and steps over
people as a result and harasses people as a result.
 Romans 15:1-2

22.  Does not seek to be like others
 Always is secure in God
 Does not fear man, but fears God Prov 29:25
 Worships God, Not Man
 Fears God
 We become what we worship, so we strive to
be like God.
 It strives to be what God made you.
 James 4:1-8

23.  Does not seek to boast itself/oneself
 One Boasts because they think they have it
all, when they don’t, or are ungrateful.
 Does not seek to try to “do things themselves” so
they can boast about it later.
 Fools are known for their words, and dead
actions
 Jesus Rebuked Pharisees
 Purpose of this is so God can get all the credit
 James 2:14-24
 2 Corinthians 11
 Ecclesiastes 7
 Does not Boast in Works, but Boasts in God

24.  It doesn’t try to establish self as the source of
knowledge, wisdom
 It is not puffed up in itself
 It doesn’t attack, criticize others because of
“something on the inside of them”.
 All Cares and Identity is in Christ, Not in itself.
Children of God live in their new identity, living for
God and for Others.
 It doesn’t think it’s the way, the truth and the life.
 It doesn’t operate in the Almighty “I”
 The Ego attaches itself to money, knowledge, etc and
needs to be dealt with.
 Fears God
 Romans 12:3, 1 Peter 5:6

25.  Love is not selfish
 This is not saying, it doesn’t take care of ones needs
 It doesn’t try to do things on their own
 It seeks God in daily lives
 It seeks Others and loves others
 It humbles to God and to others, meaning, it seeks to serve
others
 It strives to put ones needs above their own
 It strives to understand the other person and accept the person
for who they are
 It sticks to the plan God has for him or her
 It seeks GOD’s FACE
 Does not seek to do things themselves
 Does not fear
 Philipians 2:1-15
 KEY: Love others as you love yourself

26.  Is not easily offended
 Note the adjective “Easily”. Many churches are
now teaching to never get offended. That is a
false doctrine. It is slow to anger, slow to
wrath.
 It is not easily set by anything. For Love
believes all things. It is unmoved.
 It Endures All things
 It is secure in the arms of Christ
 Matthew 10:14
 James 1:19-20

27.  Love does not have evil associate with it
 Love does not OPERATE in iniquity, but
operates in truth
 When we love people, we do not want to
operate in any beliefs other than Christs.
 It covers sins (1 Peter 4:8)
 It rejoices in the truth of all things, not sin
 It does not rejoice in “sin”. It does not take
pleasure in sin.
 It Thinks, Feels, Acts, Speaks NO EVIL
 Its ALL GOOD!

28.  Covers Sins
 Protects People
 Cares for People-Fulfilling the Law of Christ
 If by their side
 It protects all things with people and not try to
expose, harass, etc
 It seeks to protect people’s rights.
 It protects everything in God’s house
 It protects people’s reputations and lives
 There are exceptions, if its going to cause danger
to anyone else. Remember, love does not seek
ones own.

29.  It always has faith in the person that they are
going to be great.
 Depending on the level of relationship is how
much faith and hope you have with a person
 But overall, believe the best for everyone and be
hopeful
 Do not doubt for a second that God saved you
from your sins and that he is real.
 This is not saying be all-believing and open
minded, this means, with Christ, believe the best
out of them.
 Through Action, show you truly believe in them.

30.  Hope is future expectations
 It hopes the best of everything
 Has a hopeful attitude, through and through
 It never gives up, it always endures
 Here is where patience is
 It never loses hope, it never fails
 LOVE NEVER FAILS
 Most importantly, it keeps confidence in the
word being the source.

31.  You see, when a person believes on Jesus for the remission of
their sins, they are saved.
 God rebirths them, and they have the power to believe God for
anything.
 Their actions will follow, since their debt has been paid.
 Since they now have a father who loves them, they will do
anything to please him and faith in his love will cause them to
please God.
 Out of fearing God, they will want to be diligent to the end of
their lives in faith, unless sin gets in their lives and that can be
deadly
 Faith and Love go together. They both compliment each other.
Love is what causes us to believe in anything. If we do not
love, we cannot have faith.
 Forgiveness is tied in with it. Make sure you have forgiven
everyone.
 Your affection for God will drive your faith.

32.  Love causes faith to operate, it energizes
your faith.
 Hatred stalls it
 It is by loving God and loving people that we
begin to put our trust.
 We love God because he first loved us
 We are to forgive people, as an act of love
 In our love for God, we begin to put our trust.

33.  Must be in God’s love
 Cannot be for selfish intention
 Cannot be mixed with doubt
 Or unbelief
 Cannot go against another man’s free will
 Has to believe that he is and that he is a rewarder.
 Believing Inwardly, Outward Display through the
mouth and actions.
 Forgive People for their sins beforehand
 Heart Sight, and Goals.
 No Wavering or Doublemindedness
 Must be based on the Word of God
 Knowledge must be there

34.  Abraham loved God, so he gave sacrifices, he saw the
outcome, stirred up his emotions and trusted in
God’s love to work it out.
 Abraham gave his son, since he saw in his heart that
God will provide a lamb.
 Faith involves a feeling. It is not merely a feeling
though. Faith does not go up and down as feelings
doo. Abraham felt God’s peace.
 Trust his love. Trust that he will do it for you.
Hebrews 11:6 says that you must believe he is and
that he will reward you for dilligently seeking him.
 In your heart, see it come to pass, feel his
presence, trust God’s love---Focus on God’s face.

35.  See his face everyday even if you have to picture
it
 Every Time you believe something, see his face
 When Simon Peter saw God’s face, he knew he
was in the Son’s Presence.
 When we are in the face of people, our
countanence changes
 See the face of God, so our countanence changes
and we can honor and respect him.
 Believe that he is who he is
 Imagine talking to him face to face. It will change
your countanence.

36.  Feel his joy and peace when you are in his
presence
 Experience his Goodness
 Do not get too emotional
 Experience God

37.  Trust God’s love, knowing that he will
provide.
 Trust that God will reward you your request
and much more when you dilligently seek him
 Trust his faithfullness and dilligence on his
part
 Trust that he loves you, so you can worship
and love him back.

38.  Quenches ALL fiery darts of the enemy
 Useless without the rest of the armor
 Belt of Truth comes first (Operating in Truth)
 Then New Nature:
 Faith, Hope and Love.
 Then Shoes for the preparation of peace
 Helmet of Salvation (Renewing Mind)*
 Your Mind has to be renewed .
 Sword of the Spirit (Need the Word of God)
 You have to have a conviction in God’s love, to not let
circumstances, and people and other satanic attacks
to get to you.
 Its boldness in who you are in Christ that will quench
all fiery darts of the enemy. Keep the shield up.

39. [Keep] adding to Faith:
1. Virtue (Morality)
2. Knowledge (Knowledge)
3. Discipline (Self-Control)
4. Perseverance (Continuance)
5. Godliness (Godly Character)
6. Brotherly Kindness (Affection-See kind slide)
7. Love (See Love Slides)
Keep increasing in Virtue, Knowledge, and keep
maintaining discipline, and a perseverant heart
and Godliness, Kindness and Love will shoot
out. Keep doing it and never slip.

40.  Add to your assurance virtue.
 Striving For Excellence
 Courage
 Be Dilligent
 Strive to be dilligent
 Faith is present assurance for future hope
 One has to be diligent to get it
 To be excellent, to be made better
 To have a desire to be Godly and to do
everything for God
 To use everything for a Godly purpose

41.  Add to virtue knowledge
 To be knowledgeable
 Any Knowledge
 Example, Being a Pianist, you have to have faith you can do
it, and want to excel and do it right, and add knowledge to that
 Make sure you have a desire to excel in that knowledge.
 Make sure it is the correct knowledge
 Make sure to know how to handle that knowledge
 Knowledge is applied and used in many different ways. Its like
Art, you have to know how its presented, how it fits and how it
can be used.
 Critical Thinking is Assured
 A perfect example is that in school, they teach you manners, so
you can learn how to be virtuous and be good in what you do.

42.  With virtue and knowledge, you can be disciplined in it
 Self-Control is discipline according to knowledge and virtue.
 If you learn virtue and knowledge, in its correct light and order, you can
be able to be disciplined in it well.
 Self-Control and Discipline takes a lot of time. When an engineer knows
what he is doing, he will conduct himself in a manner to it.
 Remember, everything has a color, order so make sure it is done a
certain way. You will be trained to apply knowledge and virtue in certain
situations. Make sure you dilligently use self-control.
 Virtue and Knowledge has applications, know how to apply yourself.
 Self-Control is knowing how to control yourself in situations and being
under the power of God.
 Keep on growing in virtue and knowledge and being disciplined in that.
 Remember to have the right knowledge and virtue, so your self-control
can be right
 When a person believes, they need virtue, and knowledge, so they can
grow in the faith, and discipline will propel them forward.
 James 1, tongue, mind, actions need to be controlled

43.  When you know how to control yourself under
God, you need to know how to “continue”.
 Know how to persevere in the things of God
 But you have to be disciplined and apply it to
your life
 Continuance means to keep doing it in the
midst of trials and tribulations
 We are commanded to persevere, not so we
can “go to heaven”, but to enjoy all of what
Christ has for us in heaven (Rewards Sakes)
Hebrews 3:14.

44.  When you persevere, you can add Godliness to that.
 Godliness is knowing how to be Godly.
 One must strive to excel, know how to be godly, learn how
to be disciplined in that, and persevere so Godliness can
be performed.
 Godly men persevere, are full of knowledge and virtue and
are disciplined in it.
 Godliness comes from operation and perseverance in
Godly knowledge and virtue. You cannot form godly traits
unless you know how to do all of this.
 Godliness comes out of Godly behavior. Its conforming to
Godly Character.
 Is done through reverence to Christ and God
 God begins training in Godly Character, by applying
virtue, knowledge, discipline, and perseverance.

45.  Being Kind to them
 Being Generous
 Being Affectionate
 All Religions work on people being kind to one another.
 Only after someone applies virtue and knowledge and develops godly
character and patience that one can be kind to one another.
 Kindness can only be established over time, it doesn’t happen
automatically.
 One cannot properly show brotherly kindness unless they show
virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance and Godliness. It just will
not work properly, or else, Jesus would of never included after these
things.
 It takes discipline in virtue and knowledge and godliness and
perseverence to develop kindness.
 Brotherly Kindness is being affectioned towards one
another, tenderhearted. It is not as the same level as love, but it’s a step
down.
 Ephesians 4:32

46.  Faith works through love
 Faith alone will not make you productive
 Love is more than brotherly affection, where you
are kind and generous
 It’s a self-less love. It seeks to serve God and to
serve Others.
 After “brotherly kindness”, you can love everyone
by serving them and serving God.
 You have to learn how to be virtuous (excel), and
know knowledge, and be disciplined in it, and
persevere and be Godly and be kind, before love
can fully manifest.

47.  Building on Your Faith, praying in the holy
spirit
 This is essential and needs to be a daily thing
 Keep praying in the holy spirit
 Get Baptized in the Holy Spirit
 Jude 20

48.  You will be increasing in those things so you will
be faith.
 But remember, it takes time and effort, keep
growing in Grace.
 Remember, who trusts in the lord, shall be like a
tree planted by the rivers, and shall not worry
when heat comes, or be anxious in the year of
drought, but his leaf will be dry, neither will he
cease from giving fruit Jeremiah 17:7-8
 St. Peter promises that if you do those things you
will not be unfruitful.

49.  Love (1 Cor 13)
 Joy (Nehemiah 8:10)
 Peace (John 14:27)
 Patience (Heb 10,11)
 Kindness (Ephesians 4:29-32)
 Gentleness (Timothy letters)
 Self-Control (Sober-James 4:1-8)
 Faithfulness (Hebrews 11, Mark 11)
 Meekness (1 Peter 5:6-7)
 Remember, the kingdom of God is
righteousness, peace and joy in the holy spirit
Romans 14:7.

50.  Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts
of the flesh Romans 8
 Out of love, surrender yourself to Christ, and
follow your new nature
 Believe that it will work out for you and God will
reward you for it.
 If you walk in the spirit, your emotions cannot
control you.
 It is daily “guided” practice.
 Spend time with God
 You will eventually produce fruit if you do walk in
the spirit
 It takes faith in God’s love.

51.  Enoch (Genesis 5)
 Moses (Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
 Rahab (Joshua 4-7)
 Jesus (Phillipians 2)
 Noah (Genesis 6-8)
 Abraham (Romans 4, James 2, Genesis 15-
22)
 Hall of Faith-Hebrews 11
 All could not see with their eyes, but in their
heart, they believed anyways and saw the
evidence come to pass before it did.

52.  Make sure you believe on Jesus for your sins, that he has paid off
you debt.
 Have faith, or an assurance that you are justified, are being
sanctified, and will be glorified, act like you already have it.
 Believe on Jesus that he is your payment for your sins, confess
him as your personal savior with your mouth and believe in your
heart.
 Turn from your sins and turn to God. Turn from the power of sin.
 The gospel is about removing you from the bondage of sin unto
a new life in Christ.
 It is trusting that Jesus is the way the truth and the life.
 When you believe on him, you accept him as father, lord and
savior.
 Its not a mere belief, you believe in your heart that he has saved
you from your sins. You will want to live in reality of that.

53.  Abraham believed God and it accounted to
him for righteousness
 His Works soon followed out of continual
obedience to God.
 Confess with your mouth and believe in your
heart.
 Only faith in Christ is essential for
salvation, God will give you a new life and you
will want to live it out in him.
 Can Not be undone, but one can stray from
the faith.

54.  Believe that one is already sanctified
 Believe that one will be sanctified by the renewal of the mind by faith
 Believing that God will finish the work in you that is started
 Believe that your soul will be redeemed
 Sanctification is freedom from the world, not freedom from Hell.
 Being Set Apart from the world
 The issue isnt heaven, its rewards
 One must persevere, hold fast faith so you can get your rewards.
Hebrews 3:24.
 Perfected forever those who are being sanctified (everyone who is
justified) Hebrews 10:14
 Drawing Back will have consequences. God will not be pleased.
 Keep pressing forward, keeping the faith.
 Soul Salvation
 Premature Death to those who draw back or stray. James 5:19-20

55.  God promises to glorify our body
 He that is justified is glorified
 God sees the end from the beginning.
 God will glorify all that he is justified.
 God will complete the work in you and give
you a glorified body.

56.  Knowing God Will Provide
 Knowing Everything Will Work Out
 Doing What it takes
 Start where you are at
 Use What you Have
 Do what You can
 Do everything out of love and for God

57.  Eternal Security is not a false doctrine
 Thoroughly taught in scripture
 Hebrews warning are those of believers losing
reward
 People fight the good fight of faith, knowing they
have eternal life, laying hold of it.
 Ephesians 2 says we are already seated in
heavenly places
 We are already present with God
 That should motivate you on earth to be more
like God, for rewards sake
 The reward is not heaven, its abundance in
heaven.