Afterthought
Puritan Board Senior
Usually, the "faith" spoken of in Hebrews 11 (the "faith" without which it is impossible to please God) I hear explained as being "saving faith." However, Hebrews gives a reason why faith is needed to please God: a person must believe that God is and is a rewarder of them that seek him. So could this apply to a monotheistic, false religion that believes God rewards those that seek him? That is, does the explanation by the author of Hebrews show that this "faith" in verse 6 is not saving faith, but some sort of "natural faith"? If not, why not? Why is this "faith" referring to saving faith?