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How Do We Know That Abraham Believed in Jesus Christ for His Salvation?

July 16, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Abraham, justification by faith

“And he [Abraham] believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness” (Gen 15:6). What are the hundred most significant words in the Bible?i In my list, the first word alphabetically is Abraham. While teaching about him in Sunday school, I gave six proofs that Abraham believed in Jesus Christ for his

Justification before God Is by Faith Alone, Completely Apart from Works, Romans 3:26

November 3, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - justification by faith, Pauline Theology, Works, Zane Hodges

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from his commentary on Romans The result of the death of Christ on the cross is that God can be righteous and justify the person who has faith in Jesus. The English necessarily obscures an obvious Greek word play, since the Greek words for righteous (dikaion) and justify (dikaiounta) are cognates

Saved by Faith, or by Faith Formed by Love?

November 3, 2014 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - fides caritate formata, Free Grace, justification by faith, legalism, lutheran, sola fide, Soteriology

By Shawn Lazar Sola fide or fides caritate formata? Are we saved by faith alone, or faith formed by love? During the Reformation, that was one of the questions faced by Martin Luther, and it is an objection that the Free Grace movement still hears today. Faith in Jesus isn’t enough, some people say, you