Belief without proof is foreign to the biblical concept of saving faith. Our faith is proven true by the sensory and rational analysis of our world. Hope The fourth building block, hope, rests squarely upon the biblical concept of faith we just described. As proof that the Bible is God's word is derived from the world, and as faith is derived from that word, so hope is established upon the biblical system of faith. Remember, faith is the substance of things hoped for.
Faith is foundational to hope.
Hope is not only built on faith, its intensity is proportional to the depth of faith. A weak faith produces a diminished hope. The fifth, and final, building block in our illustration is heaven. In view of eternity the world around us is ultimately only useful as we gather from it the things necessary to lead us to heaven. From it we learn that the Bible is God's word.