What is saving faith? Part 15.

John Farley
Pastor-Teacher
Wednesday,
November 11, 2015

Grace Prison Ministries

www.graceprisons.org

Grace Prison Ministries works to change the lives of prisoners through evangelism and sound Bible teaching.

GPM visits jails, prisons, and youth detention centers.

GPM presents the simple grace gospel of Jesus Christ and the procedures for living the Christian life. 

To restore the lives of the scorned and rejected through the love, hope, and forgiveness found only in Christ. 

What can we do to help?

1. Pray

2. Give

3. Start a ministry at a local prison or jail

 

Practical Christianity:
What is saving faith? Part 15.

A person is saved when they hear the gospel and believe in Christ, Rom 10:8-17.

The Holy Spirit inclines a man to receive Christ by faith. Faith is a gift of God. Eph 2:1-10

Bible faith defined and described

Classic expressions of faith in the Old Testament

1. The faith of Abraham, Jam 2:21-23, Rom 4:1-12, Gal 3:1-9 .

Rom 4:3 "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS."

Gal 3:1-9

Gen 15:5-6

'aman
hiphil stem =
to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in

Gal 3:10-14

2. The righteous man shall live by faith

Rom 1:17

Rom 1:17
“BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

Hab 2:4

emuwnah 
firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness

 


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