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Faith accompanies Salvation, which is Christ !2
Faith cannot be the condition of Salvation, when it accompanies Salvation. When Christ was given, so also all things pertaining to life and godliness was given with Him also. Peter writes 2 Pet 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus...
Faith accompanies Salvation, which is Christ !
The Pre Cross Saint once said Lk 2:30
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation ! Hes speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ, for its He that is Gods Salvation to His People, Hes the Gift of God Jn 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest...
Faith to believe on Christ must come from the Fathers Revelation of Him 2
Please pay special attention to Jesus words, they are very very important Matt 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father;neither knoweth any man the Father, save the...
Faith to believe on Christ must come from the Fathers Revelation of Him !
Matt 11:25-27
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so...
Who is it that believes on Christ ?
The scripture tells us who it is that believes on or receives Christ.
Its them which are born of God ! Jn 1:12-13
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born...
One must be saved before they can believe the Gospel of their Salvation !2
Again, 2 Tim 1:9 proves that in the Divine Order of things, One is saved before they are called by the Holy Gospel of their Salvation
9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works...
One must be saved before they can believe the Gospel of their Salvation !
Eph 1:13
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
One had to be saved in the...
Again Faith that pleases and obeys God Heb 11, it's not from the natural mind or person, but it's the Faith of the Son of God Gal 2:20 , communicated to them in New Birth of Spiritual life because He's their Head and Saviour.
Paul writes that it, being Faith, is not of ourselves, but it's the...
Believing on Christ is a Mystery of Godliness !
1 Tim 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
This being believed on in...
Is Faith a Work ?
Yes, by all means Faith/Believing is a Work, however its one that can be done only by the regenerated, or born again person.
The definition of a work according to the greek word ergon which is commonly used, for instance in Eph 2:9
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast...
Faith is a Covenant Blessing !
Faith is one of the laws that God in the New Covenant promised to write in the hearts of His Elect People, for instance Jer 31:31-33
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not...
Those for whom Christ died, or was delivered up for, namely His Elect, Rom 8:32
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
With Him, He freely gives them all things, one of those things being Faith, or to...
Faith is a work/deed of the law !3
Faith is that deed written of in James 1:25
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
This proves that Faith is a deed of the...
Faith is a work/deed of the law !2
What is the work in Vs 25 James 1:25
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
The work is Faith ! If refers back to the...
Faith is a work/deed of the law !
Not only does Jesus intimate this truth that Faith is a work/deed of the Law Matt 23:23
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and...
Taught of God to believe in Christ !
To believe on Christ for Salvation is something man naturally cant do, hence Jesus says Jn 6:44
44 No man [naturally or by nature] can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
So Jesus goes on to...
Can one Christ died for die in unbelief ?
The answer to this question is NO, its not even possible. You see, all for whom Christ lived and died for, He did it as their Surety representative, and so when He Lived for them, obeying Gods Law in their behalf and stead, He did it in Faith, as it is...
Believed because ordained to eternal life !
Acts 13:48
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Believing the Gospel, the word of the Lord is indicative of having been ordained to eternal...
Faith is a Covenant Promise ! 2
That Faith is an covenant blessing resulting from the covenantal death of Christ , and which He is the Mediator of, is seen again here Heb 8:6-10
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he[ Christ Jesus]] is the mediator[1 Tim 2:5]...
Faith is obtained through Christ being our Saviour !
2 Pet 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
If Christ is Our Saviour, we shall obtain precious Faith...