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The Righteousness of Faith !
Rom 10:6
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above )
Rom 9:30
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after...
Faith receives the Message of Justification !
Rom 10:17
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Listen, all for whom Christ died shall hear about it, they shall be prepared by the Spirit, the shall be killed by the Spirit with the Law, for Paul refers to that here...
Thou standest by Faith !
Rom 11:20
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Probably no other scripture in the bible gives the explicit indication that Faith is not of ourselves, save maybe for Eph 2:8
8 For by grace are ye...
purifying their hearts by faith !
Acts 15:9
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
If Faith in Salvation was the condition men in the flesh, unregenerate were to act to get saved, then it can be said that men in the flesh, without the Spirit, purified...
Out of Grace !
Faith that Believes in Christ, that rests in His finished work for God's People, God's Salvation to His Israel, this Faith originates in the Grace of God, its the Grace of the Spirit of God Zech 12:10
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of...
hath everlasting life !
Jn 5:24
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Jesus is teaching us here that hearing and believing are evidential...
Them which shall believe on me through their word !
Jn 17:19-20
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Who are those that shall...
Faith cometh by hearing of the Word of God ! 6
Jesus states that the ones of the Truth heareth His Voice Jn 18:37, So exactly what does the Truth mean ? Well Jesus here uses the prep ek which means away from, out of, out from the Truth indicating from the interior to the outward, so it is " he...
Faith cometh by hearing of the Word of God ! 5
Rom 10:17
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith cometh by hearing of the Word of God or the voice of God, or the voice of Christ, who is God. Now who is it specifically that hears the word or voice of God/...
Faith is believing God's Promise !
Faith is believing God's Promise ! Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of Gd Rom 10:17
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God or promise of God !
Faith takes God at His Word of Promise, for its not a condition one...
It must be a honest heart to believe on Christ.
It must be a honest heart to believe on Christ. Lk 8:15
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
It must be an honest and good heart that...
It must be given to believe the Gospel !
The Truth of the Gospel is so repugnant to the natural man, that it must by special distinguishing Grace be given to us to believe it, it must be of particular Election or Choice of God, of which others, or the rest are not given .
Lk 8:10
10 And he...
Faith to believe in Christ is not of ourselves !
Eph 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
There is not a more plainer statement in Holy Writ that should shut the mouths of false...
That Faith that embraces/Receives a Knowledge of Salvation, its a fruit of the Spirit Gal 5:22
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
This is also reaffirmed to be true here seeing that Faith is the belif of the Truth 2 Thess 2:13
13...
The Faith of the Son of God !2
The Lord Jesus Christ by New Birth imparts Faith to all for whom He died, so that the Life and Faith a True Christian Lives by is from out of the Son of God, who gave Himself for them Gal 2:20
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but...
The Faith of the Son of God !
Gal 2:20
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Everyone Christ died for, were crucified with...
Justified from our sins before we believe !
Those of us who came to Faith in Christ, we were Justified from our sins before Gid before we came to believe, because before we believe God saith Isa 44:21-22
21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou...
@Albion
This is a damanble heresy, those whom Christ shed His Blood for are Justified by His Blood Rom 5:9
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
We are Justified, made right with God, if and when Christ has taken away our sins, Jn 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 Jn 3:5
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him...
According to Rom 5:9 !
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Were believers Justified by Christ's Blood or by their believing /faith ? It cannot be both, for being Justified by His Blood is not our act of faith, and our believing is not...