'Justified by Faith Alone'
21 Feb 2010
Question: Is "faith" simply believing god "can do" something? Surely the bible definition of faith is about appropriating the things god declares as having been done = since he is the one who calls things that are not as though they were?
Answer: The two are not incompatible. That which God has declared can be experienced by faith. There is nothing else that can be added to the simplicity of believing that God can do that which He has promised. As we believe we also need to appropriate, that is step out into action. But both believing and appropriating must not move from the ground of "Faith". I believe by faith, I appropriate by faith. He alone has the ability to make it happen.
Dave Holden: Justified by Faith Alone from the Romans Series
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