Moses messed up. He did something which resulted in God banning him from the Promised Land. What did he do to warrant such a punishment?
The typical answers all have one thing in common. They all seem more like inferences or guesses than solid biblical answers.
Does the Bible reveal the sin that really kept Moses out of the Promised Land?
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To a lot of people, having faith in God means nothing more than to believe that He exists. Obviously believing in God is a big part of having faith in Him, but that’s not all faith is.
How does the Bible define faith?
The words our Bibles translate into English as “believe”, “faith”, “faithful”, “faithfulness”, etc. are from the Greek words “pistis” (πίστις, G4102, noun) and “pisteuo” (πιστεύω G4100, verb). These words link to three related ideas: belief, trust and faithfulness. In English, we don’t have just one word to convey all three of these concepts together. The Bible translators had to select the “most correct” English word to fit the context in our English Bibles. Let’s look at some passages which demonstrate that the word faith includes all three of these concepts.
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