What is New Testament Faith?

[Behold]

Rom_5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

""""Therefore, since we have been justified through faith," (in Christ)


THEN..... and Based on our faith in Christ.... , we have Access into GOD's GRACE..... ..

How?

= OUR "Faith is counted as Righteousness" by God, and we now are "Justified by Faith".

God does not cause us to Believe.
He wants us to believe.
He offers CHRIST for us to Believe in....to receive by "faith".
its God's will that we believe, but that will is permissive.....as God wont force you to believe in Jesus.

How do you know?

Ask all the unbelievers who died and went to Hell, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

See what Free Will can CAUSE, if you dont use it to trust in Christ?

You end up like this..

New International Version
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

New Living Translation
And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

English Standard Version
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Berean Literal Bible
The one believing in the Son has eternal life, but the one not obeying the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

King James Bible
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

New King James Version
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

 

[David in NJ]

""""Therefore, since we have been justified through faith," (in Christ)


THEN..... and Based on our faith in Christ.... , we have Access into GOD's GRACE..... ..

How?

= OUR "Faith is counted as Righteousness" by God, and we now are "Justified by Faith".

God does not cause us to Believe.
He wants us to believe.
He offers CHRIST for us to Believe in....to receive by "faith".
its God's will that we believe, but that will is permissive.....as God wont force you to believe in Jesus.

How do you know?

Ask all the unbelievers who died and went to Hell, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

See what Free Will can CAUSE, if you dont use it to trust in Christ?

You end up like this..

New International Version
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

New Living Translation
And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

English Standard Version
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Berean Literal Bible
The one believing in the Son has eternal life, but the one not obeying the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

King James Bible
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

New King James Version
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Romans 4:5
"But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,"

"Choose you this day whom you will serve" - Yashua

Romans 6:16
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?"

 

[ChristisGod]

Remember there IS a reason.

Much love!

ditto

 

[Michiah-Imla]

He offers CHRIST for us to Believe in....to receive by "faith".

And then once you have faith:

“…continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven…” (Colossians 1:23)

 

[MatthewG]

Hello @Behold i was reading Malachi the other day it talked about how Gods wrath abided on Isreal.

 

[marks]

@Johann @Christophany @The Light @Marty fox @Episkopos @mailmandan @marks

Rom_5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

by Whom (IAM the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End)
we (for God so loved the world)
have access (the veil was torn Top to Bottom)
by faith (not by works)
into (I go to prepare a Place for you that where IAM you may be also)
His Grace (the law came thru Moses but Grace and Truth comes thru Jesus Christ)


Let me know if you can figure out the color code.........

I can only guess, but "by Whom" is where grace comes from, access is into, faith is what we have, was that your idea?

Much love!

 

[marks]

No greater faith then this.........."thru Whom we all have access"

We have access into the grace in which we stand in the very same faith in which we are justified by God, faith in the complete efficacy of Jesus' death on the cross to reconcile us to God fully.

Much love!

 

[marks]

We can be assured of this: The faith of, in, thru and from our Lord Jesus Christ

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy,
for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Philipians 1:6

1 Peter 1:3-5 KJV
3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4) To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5) Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Our faith is God's keeping power working in us.

Much love!

 

[David in NJ]

I can only guess, but "by Whom" is where grace comes from, access is into, faith is what we have, was that your idea?

Much love!

@marks @Johann @Christophany @The Light @mailmandan @Marty fox

Here is the Key - KISS

Keep
It
Simple
Saint

Find a scripture that correlates to the color and verse given

 

[marks]

God existed before there was grace. Grace comes from God towards sinners. Grace was not necessary prior to sin.

Creation itself was an act of grace.

Much love!

 

[Behold]

Romans 6:16
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?"

Obedience to self effort to be like Jesus? = useless, regarding righteousness.

"working to stay saved"?... means you have no real faith in Christ.

The only Obedience that you can do, that will assure you of Eternal Life, is to be born again.
Why?
Because that assures you that God has given you "the Gift of Righteousness",, and this is THE righteousness that God requires you to become, so that He can accept you.

You dont have any of yourself. You only have works., and works and law and commandments can NOT make you Righteous.

Paul said that He was = "blameless in the LAW" and still was not RIGHTEOUS.

Salvation, is God coming down here as Christ on the CROSS....., to deal with ALL your sin, and then once its redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb,(forgiven)..... God then gives you "the Gift of Righteousness" and you are thereby "MADE Righteous">.....born again....having become "In CHRIST"...."the RIGHTEOUS OF GOD"...

Welcome To : SALVATION
Welcome To : God's Righteousness
Its a "GIFT".

 

[David in NJ]

1 Peter 1:3-5 KJV
3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4) To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5) Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Our faith is God's keeping power working in us.

Much love!

Thank GOD that HE is the ONE keeping me!

i could never complete His Work that HE alone began in me...........this is why we pray for more Grace everyday

 

[David in NJ]

Obedience to self effort to be like Jesus? = useless, regarding righteousness.

"working to stay saved"?... means you have no real faith in Christ.

The only Obedience that you can do, that will assure you of Eternal Life, is to be born again.
Why?
Because that assures you that God has given you "the Gift of Righteousness",, and this is THE righteousness that God requires you to become, so that He can accept you.

You dont have any of yourself. You only have works., and works and law and commandments can NOT make you Righteous.

Paul said that He was = "blameless in the LAW" and still was not RIGHTEOUS.

Salvation, is God coming down here as Christ on the CROSS....., to deal with ALL your sin, and then once its redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb,(forgiven)..... God then gives you "the Gift of Righteousness" and you are thereby "MADE Righteous">.....born again....having become "In CHRIST"...."the RIGHTEOUS OF GOD"...

Welcome To : SALVATION
Welcome To : God's Righteousness
Its a "GIFT".

All what you posted is true and none of which is in dispute here..................stay on course.

 

[marks]

@marks @Johann @Christophany @The Light @mailmandan @Marty fox

Here is the Key - KISS

Keep
It
Simple
Saint

Find a scripture that correlates to the color and verse given

And here I thought I was supposed to be looking for a Chiasm.



Much love!

 

[David in NJ]

And here I thought I was supposed to be looking for a Chiasm.



Much love!

Follow the pattern in the Post itself and you will see that the answers were already given.

So you take the Color and then add the verse that comes to your mind which AGREES with the Color and Verse already given.

It does not have to be a perfect match but a continuation of the the Theme(Gospel)

 

[Enoch111]

Why do you in all your threads make yourself the wise one and everyone else the ignorant ones ?

This is the "Enlightened One" who has descended from Mt Everest to show poor ignorant mortals the "true" meaning of things. Another Gautama Buddha with his own manufactured theology.

 

[Johann]

Don't be shy on figuring out the color code on Post #19

whom by his grace we by faith have access into

Rev_21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Rev_22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.


Joh_3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


Mat_27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

Gal_2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Joh_14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Etc. ?

 

[Johann]

Follow the pattern in the Post itself and you will see that the answers were already given.

So you take the Color and then add the verse that comes to your mind which AGREES with the Color and Verse already given.

It does not have to be a perfect match but a continuation of the the Theme(Gospel)

Already answered-Lol!

 

[David in NJ]

Already answered-Lol!

Is not the Teacher's Good Book an Open Answer Final Exam?

Whereby nobody can fail = we only fail to answer!

 

[David in NJ]

Already answered-Lol!

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