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From Faith to Faith |
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faith. The gospel that tells of this salvation and reveals God's plan for
making man righteous is designed to produce the faith that is necessary.
Here is the meaning of the phrase, "from faith to faith" in
Romans 1:17. It does not teach justification by faith alone as some modern
perversions present it.
Salvation is impossible without faith (Heb. 11:6). "Faith cometh of hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). The Word which reveals THE faith produces faith and faith produces salvation. This view is entirely consistent with what is taught anywhere else in the Bible and is in keeping with the context of the passage that has the gospel, God's power to save, under discussion. The prominence of faith and the production of faith are both emphasized by the quotation taken from Habakkuk 2:4 and repeated exactly or in essence several times in the New Testament, "The just shall live by faith.'
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