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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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
God's provided way of approach to fellowship
60-0709 §87
...ybe she was standing up. I wasn't there; I don't know. But however she was, what position she was in, Jesus looked at her, the power of God in Him connecting with that real faith. He picked her out, told her of a blood issue, and said, "It's stopped. Thy faith has saved thee." Now what? He never said, "I saved you, I healed you. Your faith..." The Greek word there is sozo, which means "save," like, save physically, the same as save spiritually. The same word is used every time. Is that right? Sozo is the Greek word...
Abraham and his Seed after him
61-0423 §24
...you just don't get up and go out, because that shows your raising, see. But just let me say this: I believe if a man is a Catholic and he's depending on the Catholic church for salvation, he's lost. I believe if a man belongs to the Catholic church and is depending on Jesus Christ for salvation, he's saved. If he's a Baptist, or a Pentecostal, and depending on the church for salvation, he's lost. If he's depending on Jesus Christ he's saved---because by faith are you saved through grace, see. It's your personal fai...
Will I find faith when I return?
51-0508 §27
And we have the earnest of our salvation. And salvation was both physically and spiritual. He told a woman when she touched the borders of His garment; He said, "Thy faith has saved thee," physically saved her. She was saved physically; she had a blood issue. And she believed if she could touch Him, she'd get well. Now, that was her faith. And the only way that Jesus interpret that was to say this, "That I can if ye believe that I can." Is that right? "If you believe that I'm able to do this," is that truth? He sai...
Whatever He says to you, do it
53-0601 §12
Now, before you can be saved... I hear, many times, say, "Oh, it hit me in the face like a rushing, mighty wind." Well, that might be right, but that wasn't why you were saved. You were saved because you believed. No matter what other experience went with it, first thing, you had to believe. And, if you didn't feel anything... Jesus never did ask people, did they feel it. It isn't by feeling, it's by faith. So you believe it. And you get up from there, and something in your heart tells you you're saved, you go out...
Faith
56-0815 §54
One fellow said to me not long ago, said, "Oh, preacher, I don't believe in divine healing." I said, "Well, you're a unbeliever. It's not for you anyhow. It's just for believers." That's right. It isn't for unbelievers. It's for them that believe. That's what salvation... The Holy Ghost is for them that believe, not for them that believe not, but to him that believeth. That's right. It's only for believers. And everything God promised in the Book, we ought to take His Word and say it's the truth. Anything contrary...