Faith

Faith is an active principle that is an act of both faith of the understanding and will. It is a belief that a man is only saved when he has a livening faith in Jesus. Faith is not the cause of salvation, because the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cause of salvation. Faith is not the cause of salvation, but it is the instrument by which Christians get what is promised. The …

…that of all others gives glory to God. Faith clearly is the instrument by which we receive the righteousness of God, the redemption that is by Christ; and that which is the instrument whereby we take or receive it, cannot be the thing itself, nor can it be the gift thereby taken and received. Abraham’s faith did not justify him by its own merit or value, but as giving him a part in Christ.