How do we relate to spiritual things we cannot physically touch?
We relate to spiritual realities we cannot physically touch by faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Since hope that is seen is not hope, the invisible realm must be approached by taking God at His Word.
Les teaches that Romans 8 follows Paul’s statement that we are saved by hope. When someone objects that we are saved by faith, he explains that faith and hope carry the same meaning in this context. Hope that is seen is not hope, so in the invisible realm we depend on faith. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith—taking God at His Word—as the substance, the very meat, of things hoped for and the evidence or proof of things unseen. Therefore, when we enter the spiritual realm and deal with things we cannot tangibly touch, it must be on the basis of faith. Les adds that if he did not know this was the Word of God, he could not believe it.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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Why must we rely on faith for spiritual things we cannot see or touch?
Spiritual realities cannot be tangibly touched, so entering the spiritual realm has to be on the basis of faith.