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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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The water of separation
55-0121 §32
Now, what...? Thy faith has required... See, your own power of faith has pulled from the supernatural God the desire of your heart, see. It's your faith that does it, not my faith. If my faith is doing it, I'd pull every little child out of that audience tonight and bring them up here and make them well, little children anyhow, see. I would do it. But it's not my faith that does it; it's your faith that does it. It's not me that knows it; I'm just a man. But it's the gift of God, see. It's Him that does it. It's no...
Hidden Life with Christ
56-0213 §23
It depends on where your faith stands. Your salvation is good as long as your confession is good. But when your confession drops, then your salvation's gone. For He is a High Priest sitting at the right hand of God to make intercessions on your confession; that's what happens. So I wonder why it is then with salvation and healing also, that people become at this low ebb. Now, I want to say that the reason of it is... I believe I can explain it to you if you'll be reverent and listen closely now.
Christ is identified the same in all generations
64-0415 §15
...ght, it keeps a brotherhood, and nothing against it. But, the thing of it is, you're not saved by your organization, by your denomination. You're saved by your own personal faith in Jesus Christ. That's all. So it's between you and Christ, alone. So you seek out the Scripture, and believe Him with all your heart, and--and He'll save you, or heal you. If He doesn't keep His Word, then He isn't God; and if He does keep His Word, It proves He's God. See? So, He, we believe Him with all of our heart.
At Thy Word, Lord, I'll let down the net
54-1207 §53
...althy, strong. I only weighed a hundred and eighteen, nineteen pounds at that time. And now I weigh a hundred and sixty-five. Yes, sir. Because, why? I believed God. I have faith in Him. This is His Word. It's not my word. It's His Word. God said He would do it. And when Jesus said that He was the same yesterday, today, and forever, would return in this form and do the same things He did when He was here, I believe every word of it to be the truth. And my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteou...
Faith without works is dead
50-0822 §44
...said..." He'll never get through until he rises, and confesses it, and stays with it, and shows works with it. James says, "Just as a body is dead without the spirit, so is faith without works is dead," no matter how much you believe. And that's why I'm telling you, friends, these gifts are brought in to make the Presence of God real to you. (I guess I'm nearly deafening talking.) The--the gifts are brought to make the Presence of God real to you. Then your faith looks up to God and accepts Divine healing, or salva...