Is believing in Jesus Christ enough to be saved? This question has been raised since the beginning of the Church. The answer is found in this section of the letter to the Romans.
The drift in the Christian community is always toward agreement which leads away from the purity and simplicity of the Gospel.
The point being made is that by believing the gospel of Jesus Christ, guilt is not credited to the sinner and righteousness is credited to the sinners account.
Abraham is the clearest example of someone who was saved by his faith, apart from his works. God spoke, Abraham took God at His word, believed God, and God credited that belief to him as righteousness. To be credited as righteous means to be absolved of all guilt. This has always been the basis of salvation, even before Abraham.
This righteousness, freely given, does not need to be maintained or sustained by good works.
Since all people have sinned, all have the same spiritual need, the one true God saves all the same way, on the same basis, for all times.
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Gil Rugh
Faith Results Romans series 2009 Indian Hills Community...
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
