FAITH: A
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
I)
INTRODUCTION
A)
[Eph 2:8]:
1)
[Heb 11:1-13]:
a)
[Heb 11:1]:
i)
FAITH IS A CERTAIN HOPE OR EXPECTATION THAT GOD WILL DELIVER WHAT HE HAS
PROMISED
ii)
FAITH IS A CERTAIN ACCEPTANCE AS TRUE THAT GOD WILL DELIVER WHAT HE HAS
PROMISED
b)
[Heb 11:2-3]:
i)
FAITH IS PORTRAYED HERE AS AN ACCEPTANCE OF AN OUTCOME THAT GOD
TESTIFIED TO IN SCRIPTURE AS TRUE WHICH CANNOT BE SEEN, NAMELY THE
INVISIBLE COMMAND/POWER OF GOD WHICH CREATED THE UNIVERSE
c)
[Heb 11:4]:
i)
ABEL'S SACRIFICE POINTED TO HIS FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE
RESULTING IN HIS BEING DECLARED RIGHTEOUS AND RECEIVING ETERNAL LIFE
d)
[Heb 11:5]:
i)
ENOCH WAS TAKEN FROM HIS MORTAL LIFE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE AS AN EXAMPLE OF
HIS FAITH IN GOD TO PROVIDE THAT
e)
[Heb 11:6]:
i)
PLEASING GOD IS A MATTER OF FAITH ALONE - BELIEVING THAT HE EXISTS AND
THAT HE REWARDS THOSE WHO EARNESTLY SEEK HIM
f)
[Heb 11:7]:
i)
NOAH BELIEVED IN GOD TO DELIVER HIM AND HIS FAMILY FROM THE AS YET
UNSEEN: THE FLOOD AND UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
g)
[Heb 11:8-10]:
i)
TRUSTING IN GOD TO PROVIDE ETERNAL LIFE TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB IS
IMPLIED
h)
[Heb 11:11-12]:
i)
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD WOULD PROVIDE A SON THROUGH SARAH WHICH SON WOULD
BE THROUGH WHOM ABRAHAM WOULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
i)
[Heb 11:13]:
i)
A SURE HOPE, A CERTAIN ACCEPTANCE AS TRUE THAT GOD WILL DELIVER ONE UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE OR FROM TEMPORAL DIFFICULTIES IS IN VIEW
2)
[Compare 1 Pet 1:3-4]:
II)
SINCE FAITH IS AN ACTION BY MAN CAN IT BE CONSIDERED A WORK OF MAN
TOWARD HIS SALVATION?
A)
[Eph 2:8-9]:
1)
FAITH IS NON CONTRIBUTORY TOWARD ONES SALVATION
2)
FAITH IS NOT CONSIDERED BY GOD AS A WORK EITHER
a)
'FAITH WORKS' IS NEITHER A NORMATIVE LANGUAGE NOR A SCRIPTURAL CONCEPT
BECAUSE FAITH AND WORKS ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
3)
CONCLUSION
[Ref.
Jas 2:17] 
]
III)
FAITH BELIEVE TRUST DEFINED
A)
ENGLISH DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF FAITH
B)
NT GREEK DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF FAITH
C)
BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF FAITH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1)
SAVING FAITH = ACCEPTING THE TESTIMONY OF GOD ABOUT HIS SON PROVIDING
ETERNAL LIFE FOR YOU
a)
[1 John 5:9-13]:
2)
SAVING FAITH = A MOMENT OF BELIEF ALONE IN GOD'S ONE AND ONLY SIN BEING
GIVEN FOR YOU ALONE
a)
[Compare Jn 3:16]:
b)
[Compare Acts 16:30-31]:
i)
[Eph 2:8-9]:
3)
CONTINUOUS BELIEVING IS NOT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE OR STAY SAVED
a)
ENGLISH AND FIRST CENTURY GREEK REQUIRES SPECIAL CONTEXT OR ADDITIONAL
QUALIFYING WORDS TO MAKE PRESENT TENSE ACTION IN SALVATION PASSAGES
CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENT
i)
[Compare Hebrews 13:15]:
ii)
[Compare 1 Thes 2:13]:
iii)
[Compare 1 Thes 5:16-18]:
iv)
[Compare Jn 3:16]:
b)
SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS PORTRAYED AS BEING RECEIVED IN A
COMPLETED ACTION MOMENT
i)
[Compare Acts 16:30-31]:
4)
BELIEVE = BELIEVE IN = BELIEVE INTO = BELIEVE ON = BELIEVE THAT =
BELIEVE UPON
a)
[Jn 5:24]:
b)
[Jn 6:29-30]:
c)
[Compare Jn 8:30-31]:
d)
[Jn 20:31]:
5)
FAITH IN (INTO) A CONCEPT/INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT CONSTITUTE BECOMING ONE
WITH THAT CONCEPT/INDIVIDUAL SPIRITUALLY OR ORGANICALLY
6)
FIGURES OF SPEECH REFERRING TO SAVING FAITH
a)
LOOK
b)
HEAR
c)
ENTER
d)
FEED
e)
COME
f)
RECEIVE
g)
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
i)
[Ro 10:12-14a]:
h)
REPENT RELATIVE TO SALVATION MEANS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT NOT
BELIEVING IN CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND THEN TRUST ALONE IN HIM ALONE
MOVE
TO EXAMINATION OF THE WORD REPENT RELATIVE TO SALVATION
C)
BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF FAITH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE, (cont.)
7)
CONCLUSION
a)
[Jn 4:10]:
D)
SALVATION REQUIRES FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE + NOTHING
1)
SALVATION IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON CONTINUAL OBEDIENCE
2)
FAITH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE DOES NOT NEED WORKS ADDED TO IT IN ORDER TO
BECOME FAITH AND EFFECT THE RESULT OF ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Eph 2:8-9]:
3)
SCRIPTURE ITSELF DECLARES THAT WORKS DO NOT PLAY A PART IN AN
INDIVIDUAL'S SALVATION
a)
[Ro 4:1-5]:
i)
[Compare Titus 3:5]:
ii)
[Jn 6:27-29]: THE
WORK THAT ONE MUST DO FOR ETERNAL LIFE IS EXCLUSIVELY A MATTER OF FAITH
ACCORDING TO JN 6:27-29
4)
CONFESSION IS NOT PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE SAVED
UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
MOVE
TO EXAMINATION OF THE WORD CONFESSION RELATIVE TO SALVATION
5)
OBEDIENCE IN ORDER TO BE SAVED = OBEYING THE GOSPEL = FAITH ALONE IN
CHRIST ALONE
a)
OBEY CHRIST AND HE BECOMES YOUR SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE = TRUSTING ALONE
IN CHRIST ALONE
i)
[Heb 5:9b]:
ii)
[In John 6:27-29]:
b)
OBEY THE TRUTH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE = TRUSTING ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
i)
[Compare 1 Pet 1:17-23]:
6)
EVEN THE FAITH EXPRESSED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS A GIFT SO SALVATION CANNOT
BE OF WORKS IN ANY CASE
a)
[Phil 1:29]:
7)
CONTRARY TO OBJECTORS TO FREE GRACE SALVATION, BELIEVE IS NOT A
SYNECDOCHE SIGNIFYING MORE THAN FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE UNTO ETERNAL
LIFE?
8) HEAD
FAITH = HEART FAITH, NO DIFFERENCE
9)
SAVING FAITH DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY
DEMONSTRATION OF THAT FAITH IN ONES LIFE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE TRUE AND
EFFECTIVE IN THE RECEPTION OF ETERNAL LIFE. ASSURANCE OF HAVING ETERNAL
LIFE COMES FROM RECALLING IN WHOM ONE BELIEVED IN TO RECEIVE IT, JESUS
CHRIST
E)
THE CONTENT OF WHAT ONE MUST DO FOR
SALVATION UNTO LIFE DOES NOT REQUIRE A KNOWLEDGE OF
OR BELIEF IN NON-ESSENTIAL-FOR-SALVATION-UNTO-ETERNAL-LIFE
DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH SUCH AS THE DEITY OF
CHRIST, TRINITY, UNLIMITED ATONEMENT, UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION, THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, ETC.
ON
THE OTHER HAND
CERTAIN NON-ESSENTIAL TO SALVATION BELIEFS WHICH ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE
REQUIRED SAVING CONTENT SUCH
AS THE DEITY OF CHRIST, HIS RESURRECTION, THE TRINITY, ONE GOD, OR THAT NO KIND OF FAITHFULNESS IS
REQUIRED IN
ORDER TO
BE / STAY SAVED, ETC MUST NOT BE DISBELIEVED
AT THE TIME THAT SAVING FAITH IS EXPRESSED WHICH DISBELIEF WOULD NEGATE
BEING SAVED AT ALL. ALBEIT A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER MIGHT LATER FALL INTO
SUCH APOSTASY YET STILL REMAIN SAVED
1) [Consider Jn 3:16]:
2) [Compare to 1 Jn 5:1]:
3) [And Compare to Jn 20:31]:
4) [Compare Ro 4:22-24 ]:
F) SAVING
FAITH DOES NOT
REQUIRE SOME KIND OF PERSUASION WHICH DOES NOT INVOLVE THE WILL; NOR
DOES IT DEMAND THE WORK OF GOD TO PERSUADE THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO
SOMETHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF HIS CAPACITY AND WILL TO BELIEVE - THUS
OVERRIDING HIS VOLITION AND HIS CAPACITY WITH SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION
WITHIN THAT INDIVIDUAL - IN EFFECT FORCING THAT INDIVIDUAL TO BELIEVE
OUTSIDE OF HIS OWN VOLITION AND CAPACITY. NOR
DOES SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE REQUIRE ONGOING FAITH OR ONGOING
ASSURANCE OF ONES SALVATION IN
ORDER
TO BE OR CONTINUE TO BE SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE; NOR DOES IT
EXCLUDE OR OVERRIDE MAN'S VOLITION AND / OR CAPACITY IN ANY WAY FOR ANY
REASON. SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS IN FACT A DECISION OF THE
UNTAMPERED WILL AND CAPACITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL
WHICH HE MUST DECIDE UNDER HIS OWN INNATE AUSPICES TO MAKE AS IN EVERY
EXPRESSION OF FAITH ABOUT ALL THINGS
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