Faith and belief are not the same, and thus the OP somewhat deceptive.
We will always be learning from Jesus, and thus always be "believing" that which we learn.
But our "faith" will be realized. It will have come to fruition. It will be needed no more. It is not even logical to say that we have faith in heaven.
Will you stand before Christ and say: "I hope that Christ comes." He is my hope. It is not logical. You will be looking at your hope.
When he comes we shall see him.
We shall be like him for we shall see him as he is.
"pisteuo" is defined "
to have faith" and is where the word translated "believe" comes from.[/quote]
pisteuo is not defined as "to have faith" and is not once translated that way, but rather in 239 time it is translated simply as "believe". It is used a total of 248 times, and the other times it is used in the sense of "commit." Not once is it translated "faith," or "to have faith," or any similar way.
On the other hand it is another word, related, but still another word, "pistis" that is translated "faith." It also is translated "faith" 239 times out of its 244 usages. A couple of times it is translated as assurance or fidelity. The words are different.
Hopes will be fulfilled. You can hope for something with the implication that it might not happen (no faith, hope so) or you can hope for something you know is going to happen. Christian hope is hoping in things to come to past that you know will happen, you just remain in a state of anticipation until it does.
That is not true. We often hope for things that will not necessarily happen. This is what James rebukes.
James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
I can pray and
hope for a million dollars (as some do when they buy a lotto ticket), but if that is not God's will that hope will not be realized.
On the other hand what does John say on the matter?
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that,
if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
--Do I know the will of God?
If I ask according to the will of God, I will receive the petitions that I ask of him. There is faith. Faith is confidence.
I have faith and hope in Jesus Christ that He will ressurrect my dead body and give me a new glorified one. Once I get it I will no longer hope I get it.
You will no longer have faith either. That is why both faith and hope will be finished at the coming of Christ. Why would you have faith in the resurrection, after the resurrection of your body takes place?
Once I see Jesus face to face in heaven that particular hope will have been fulfilled, but I will forever believe in Him as eternity forever continues to hold unlearned adventures.
Faith is always in the unseen.
We walk by faith and not by sight.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God
of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
concerning things to come.
Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
But our "faith" will be realized. It will have come to fruition. It will be needed no more.
Let me ask you something. Is it "our" faith that sustains us? You believe in OSAS correct? For OSAS to be true then the faith we have cannot fail. I know I fail at many things, yet the faith I have never does. So is it really "my" faith that saves me or keeps me saved? Or has God placed a faith within me that cannot fail?
No, it is Christ that saves. Faith often fails. Discouragement sets in. Everyone gets discouraged at sometime or another. At the time that we are unfaithful; Christ remains faithful. It is Christ that saves; Christ that keeps; and Christ that will carry us through until that day comes.
"For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded
that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
