Subject: Do Jesus and Paul agree on salv by faith |
Bible Note: In the NT belief means "adherence to, committal to, faith in, reliance upon, trust in a person or an object." reilly1041: To help answer your questions, it would be helpful to define what belief actually means. "Belief in the N.T. denotes more than intellectual assent to a fact. The word (Gk. pistis, noun; pisteuo, verb) means *adherence to, committal to, faith in, reliance upon, trust in* a person or an object, and this involves not only the consent of the mind, but an act of the heart and will of the subject. "Whosoever believeth in him" is equivalent to "whosoever trusts in or commits himself to him [Christ]." Belief, then is synonymous with faith, which in the N.T. consists of believing and receiving what God has revealed" (New Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford, 1967). Grace and peace, Radioman2 |