The bible tell us that "the just shall live by faith". It also says "without faith it is impossible to please God". If I am to live by faith and please God by faith, it is important that I know what faith is. Sometimes the best way to find out what something is is to determine what it's not. I remember a car I once owned that wouldn't start. It took some time to figure out why it wouldn't start. I checked the oil, it was ok. I checked the fuel line it was good. I checked the carburetor, it was good. I checked the battery, it was good, and so on. I finally determine that the problem was the starter. By eliminating every thing that was not the problem I was able to determine what the problem was. That is what we are going to do in this study on faith. We are going to look at some of the things that faith is not and eliminate them so that we can have a better picture of what faith is.