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Ephesians 2:8 answers that question pretty conclusively, but as to your other comment:I suppose there's a verse that says that, right?
consider looking at it this way--Since faith comes from hearing the message of Jesus Christ (the word of Christ) has the answer to the thread's question been found or do we need more?
Faith comes from having heard (or read) the Gospel, yes, but that doesn't mean that hearing creates the gift. It's the vehicle by which God imparts his gift to us mortals. We are creatures of flesh and blood who understand and function in a physical world. Consider how often Christ used physical items in order to deliver a spiritual benefit or message. By definition, a sacrament has to have physical properties, right? Why? He used mud when curing a blind man and put his hands on a deaf man. He could simply have said the word.
So when he gave his apostles the great commission, it was for them to go into the whole world and actualize the gift of Faith by delivering the Gospel to those whom God had determined to save. You know that not everyone who hears it, either then or now, is converted. If hearing itself were "where Faith comes from" they all would be gifted with it.