What Is Required for Salvation? Faith Alone?
1) Direct answer
Salvation is God’s gift by grace through faith in Jesus Christ—not by our works. But not “faith alone” as a bare claim or mental assent. True faith receives God’s provided way and obeys: repent, be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receive the Holy Spirit—the new birth.
2) Scriptural explanation
- Ephesians 2:8–9: “By grace are ye saved through faith… not of works.”
- Mark 16:16: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”
- Acts 2:38: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
- John 3:3–5: “Except a man be born again… of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
- Romans 10:9–10: Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth.
- Romans 8:9: “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
- James 2:17,24: “Faith without works is dead… not by faith only.”
- Ephesians 1:13: After believing, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
3) Simple clarifying logic
- The Bible says believe—and be baptized. So a faith that refuses obedience is not the faith the Bible speaks of.
- Jesus said you must be born again of water and Spirit; so the new birth is not optional.
- We do not earn salvation by doing these things; we simply step into God’s provided way. The Blood saves; baptism in Jesus’ Name is our obedience to His command; the Holy Spirit is God’s seal that the work is real.
- A living faith produces a changed life. If the Spirit of Christ is not in us, we don’t belong to Him.
4) Short reinforcement
Come God’s way: repent, believe the gospel, be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receive the Holy Spirit. That is Bible salvation—grace through faith that obeys and is sealed by the Spirit.
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Faith
56-0815 §11
And you can't deal with sin in any manner unless you're dealing with sickness. That's right. Now, He just didn't die for one stripe, made Him ... for sickness and the other one for salvation. It was all through giving of salvation. "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed." Just like if a big serpent had his foot in me and was tearing my side out, there's no need of cutting his foot off and arguing whether I'm cutting his foot off or not. Just knock him in the head; it kills the whole...
Convinced and then concerned
62-1125M §24
...rder of his garment, that was the woman using God's gift. See, she pulled from Him, 'cause He said, "I got weak." And He actually didn't tell "I healed you"; He said, "Your faith saved you."---the word "sozo", just like physical salvation, and spiritual salvation, see. "Your faith saved you." Now see, the woman, her own faith did that, believing that He was the Son of God. Now when God wanted to use his gift on Lazarus, He just give Him a vision. He went away, and when He come back He raised a man out of the grave...
Perfect Faith
63-0825E §15
In Hebrews, the book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, we are told that faith is the substance of things hoped for... Now, here's where many people fail to receive their healing, or what they're asking for, because they take faith to be something that it is not, see. They don't believe it. It's not imagination. It is a actual substance. Now, listen close! See, it is not what you imagine. It's just as real to you as any sense of your body will declare anything else. It's just as real as my eye says, "This is a piece of...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 6:E-20
...re like fine brass." The revelation of Godhead to the Thyatirean Age is that Jesus is the Son of God. Once in the days of His flesh He was known as the Son of Man. But henceforth we know Him no more after the flesh. He is no longer the Son of Man, the Great Prophet, Who in Himself gathered together all prophecies. The Only Begotten is back in the bosom of the Father. Now we know Him after the power of the resurrection. He is risen and has taken unto Himself His mighty power and is above all and over all to the prai...
The faith once delivered to the saints
55-0501E §8
...our time now, speak to you a few moments till we catch the anointing of the Spirit. And just as soon as it catches, well, then I'll ... I stop the service and start praying for the sick. Thank you and God bless you. Now, we wish to turn into the Scriptures just for a few moments of meditations, on the Bible. I love the Word. Oh, I just wished I could express it. You know where I preach my best sermons? In my prayer room at home or somewhere, or in the bed. I lay at nighttime and you get anointed with the Holy Spiri...