DAILY TRUTH - 3 Signs To Determine If Your Faith Is Real
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Saving faith in Christ is not merely a general belief that Jesus is the savior; it has three basic elements: knowledge, assent, and trust. This was one of the few cruxes of the Reformation, a sola fide faith alone. But in that the Reformers sought to flesh out and define faith, what is true, saving Christian faith? And they came up with three primary components: faith begins with knowledge.
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five-star review on your favorite podcast platform thanks saving faith in christ is not merely a
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general belief that jesus is the savior remember brothers and sisters that the scripture tells us
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even demons believe instead true saving faith it has three basic elements knowledge assent
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and trust. This was one of the few cruxes of the Reformation, a sola fide, a faith alone.
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But in that, the Reformers sought to flesh out and define faith. What is faith? True,
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saving Christian faith. And they came up with three primary components. Again, knowledge,
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assent, and trust. And this takes us full circle all the way back to the outset of this sermon
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in the introduction. That the heart cannot love what the mind does not know. That faith, first
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and foremost, it includes knowledge. You cannot believe in something that you don't know.
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faith is knowledge is it more yes but it cannot be less faith begins with knowledge knowing god's
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truth hiding it in your heart knowing the gospel but secondly it is not a mere knowledge but also
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assent that is agreement and see there are things that we can know that we don't necessarily agree
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with. I know of many heresies, and I could articulate to you and explain them to you.
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I can explain to you the prosperity gospel. I can explain to you Arianism, Docetism,
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all the isms. Maybe not all. There's a lot. Some of the isms. I can explain them because I know them,
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but I don't agree with them. I haven't given them my ascent. So faith, that is Christian faith,
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the empty hand, everything rests on faith. The empty hand that receives salvation, the grace of
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God for sinners, this faith in Christian terms, it's nothing less. It starts with knowledge. You
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have to know. But secondly, beyond mere knowing, you must agree. I know this about the gospel of
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Jesus Christ, and I agree with it. But even knowledge plus assent still ultimately equates
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to what the Bible might call demonic faith, not saving faith. Remember, the demons don't only know
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the triune God, but they even agree. They do it reluctantly, regrettably, with weeping and gnashing
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of teeth through bitterness and anger and hatred. But nonetheless, they agree that God exists
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and that he is Lord. But the last element of true saving faith, knowledge, agreement, that is assent,
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and then trust. This is what the demons lack. And this is also what the reprobate lacks.
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this is what the sinner lacks unless he first be born again you must know you must agree
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but then lastly comes implicit personal trust another way that we could say trust in this
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regard might be rest to say i know this truth of god i've given it my ascent i agree that this
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particular truth of God is in fact true it's real but lastly I'm going to cast myself upon this
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truth I'm gonna bet the house on this truth I am counting everything on this truth it's not just
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something I know or even something that I assent to that I agree is true but it's something that
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i have bet everything upon i'm actually standing on this truth i'm resting on this truth
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like a child if they were to stand on the edge of this stage
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at the risk of using a cheesy analogy or illustration they turn around to do the
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classic trust fall and we're all standing behind them and we assure them we're right here we even
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let them peek. You know, they turn around. They know that we're behind them. And they agree
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that we have committed to catch them. But they have not given implicit trust until they fall
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backward. Saving faith is all three. I know. I've seen. I've read. I've heard. Ascent. I agree.
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but trust i rest i'm falling upon the mercy of god and this is my only hope