what is faith

Jesus said, If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. It may seem that Jesus here guarantees that he will give us anything we ask for, as long as we believe. If I…

The Arminian notion that faith is a product of man’s free will and our contribution to the work of salvation implies that faith is a work, and that we are saved because of faith—language that the Scriptures never use—rather than by or through faith. This is simply a subtle form of Semi-Pelagianism, which teaches that…

Many Christians today think that faith is our contribution to God’s saving work. God does everything except this last little bit: you must believe; you must accept Christ; God wants to save you, but he cannot or will not exercise his power to make you come to him; you must exercise your free will and…