What Type Of Faith Results In Justification?
1. Obviously, not a faith that refuses to confess Christ (John 12:42-43). The idea that a person is justified or saved at the moment they believe in God or accept that Jesus is the Son of God in their heart, runs counter to the above verse. 2. God inherently links justification by faith with the point at which a person is forgiven of their sins (Romans 4:1-8). 3. Prior to being forgiven, God makes it clear that a person, besides mentally accepting that Jesus is the Son of God, must also repent of their sins (Acts 2:38), confess Jesus (Romans 10:9-10) and be immersed in water or baptized (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21; Acts 22:16). 4. Repentance, confession and baptism are not contrary to or in addition to faith, rather they are simply a part of a faith that saves. You see, real faith will trust God’s way of saving us, faith that results in salvation is a faith that takes God at His word, and whatever condition or conditions which God places prior to salvation, this type of faith
