The Faith of God’s Elect

“…according to the faith of God’s elect,

and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness.”

(Titus 1:1)

The Faith of God’s elect is the objective revelation of the LORD Jesus and has as its sole hope His precious blood shed once for all for the redemption, reconciliation and justification of God’s elect through His imputed righteousness at the cross, Romans 1:16-17.

The election of sinners to salvation is solely by the purpose and will of God from before the foundation of the world and not by anything belonging to the sinner, 2 Timothy 1:9. Faith proves itself to be a genuine grace of the Holy Spirit by acknowledging the Truth, submitting to and trusting in Christ Whose blood shed unto death pardons freely. The object of faith is the righteousness that the LORD Jesus earned and established in the flesh and which God the Father imputed once for all, fully, freely, finally and forever, from the cross. Faith is the fruit of our LORD Jesus’ all-prevailing merits and intercession, 2 Peter 1:1.

This faith is characterized by Godliness, as it produces reverence for God, affection for Christ and His Gospel, dependence on His grace, submission to His imputed righteousness, gratitude for God’s mercies in Christ and obedience to the Truth.