The Gospel According To Faith

God’s way of making people right begins and ends with faith – Rom 1:17 (ERV).

When the Philippian jailer inquired of Paul and Silas what he needed to do to be saved, he got the concise reply, “BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved” (Act 16:31). In several other places in the book of Acts this predication of salvation on Believing is repeated (e.g. 8:37; 13:38-39).

 

Paul explains this concept in Rom 10:10, “For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”.

Even the most popular verse in scripture (John 3:16) explains that eternal life is obtained by “whosever BELIEVES on Him...” 

The Christian Gospel is a gospel of faith. Indeed, it’s so intrinsically associated with faith that it is severally simply referred to as “The Faith”.

Why is this important? Because the power in the gospel of Christ with respect to salvation is only to “every one that BELIEVES” (Rom 1:16).

The Christian life is about faith from start to finish. If we were saved by faith, then we are preserved by faith. If we were delivered from Hell by faith, then we’ll be delivered into Heaven by the same faith. Paul says that the righteousness of God as revealed in the true Gospel is “from FAITH TO FAITH: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” (Rom 1:17).

Beloved, Second-guessing your salvation every morning is NOT living by faith. Equating tragedy in your life to God’s disfavour is NOT living by faith. Basing the presence of the Holy Spirit in your heart on your feelings is NOT living by faith. We must get the boldness back into our prayer life, into our confession and into our walk. Being fully persuaded that “He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Php 1:6).

The Gospel of Christ is not a Gospel of fear; it is a Gospel of FAITH.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN