Faith: A Bond, a Gift, and an Activity (1)

Faith As a Bond and an Activity The reader will notice my deliberate emphasis on the activity of faith. In Reformed circles, the teaching that faith is a bond or union with Christ is dominant, for it is a good and healthy counter to Arminianism, which promotes the idea that faith is only an activity

Faith: A Bond, a Gift, and an Activity (4): Salvation in Principle and

Faith: A Bond, a Gift, and an Activity (5): Faith not as Condition

The ordo salutis (5): Saving faith: Given to believe

"The Holy Ghost kindleth in our hearts an upright faith" (Belgic Confession, Art. 22). Our hearts are cold and lifeless until the Spirit kindles faith within us. "Election is the fountain of every saving good from which proceed faith, holiness, and the other gifts of sal­vation, and finally eternal

PRTJ Vol. 52, No. 2 (April 2019)

5 April 2019 use the expression “the obedience of faith,” not “the activity of faith” (see Canons 1, 9; RE 1, 3, 5 and Canons 2, RE 4). That faith is a bond and also an activity is the teaching of all Reformed theologians, including Herman Hoeksema in the chapter of his Reformed Dogmatics on “Faith.

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Reflections On Synod 2024 And The Experience Of Salvation (3)

Often the language of "bond of faith" is juxtaposed with the language "activity of faith," by which is meant faith as believing and trusting. To speak this way is legitimate. I would only caution that we ought to be clear what we mean when we speak of the activity of faith. The idea could be left th

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