What is faith

Faith is nothing more than the instrument to receive our salvation. Nowhere i Scripture will we find that we are justified on account of our faith. …The Scripture says that we are justified by faith. …Faith is nothing but the channel by which this righteousness of God in Christ becomes ours. It is not our faith that saves us.

What saves us is the Lord Jesus Christ and His perfect saving work. …It is the death of Christ upon Calvary's Cross that saves us. …It is God putting Christ's righteousness to our account that saves us. …Faith is only the channel and the instrument by which His righteousness becomes mine.…The righteousness that saves comes from Christ's Jesus. …Our faith is not our righteousness and we must never define or think of faith as righteousness. …Faith is nothing but that which connects us to the Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness.

The whole emphasis on salvation by faith is clearly on the object of our faith: Jesus Christ. …Jesus saves! …Faith does not save us. …Only Jesus Christ can do that. …The object of our faith is the all-important thing. …Our faith must be focused on Christ and His saving work on the cross. Christ died as our substitute. …Therefore we must trust in Christ to save us.

The righteousness that God has graciously provided becomes ours through simple faith in Jesus Christ. …Faith cannot not earn your salvation.…If your faith was able to do that then faith would be works and God would owe you something. …Faith is essential because only those individuals who put their trust in Christ will be saved.…Acts 4:12…"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."