GOSPEL NUGGET #505

Misconceptions About Salvation

#16 Saving faith is believing that Christ was a real historical figure and that what He did on the cross was truly a historical event.

The cause of this misconception is the failure to understand what saving faith in the Bible means. Saving faith is not merely believing that the Lord Jesus Christ did really exist as a historical figure and that He did really die on the cross as a historical event 2000 years ago.

That's not what saving faith in the Bible means at all. Yes, that's a prerequisite to saving faith but it's not saving faith. You can believe that the Lord Jesus did really exist and that He did really die on the cross without any doubts as to its historicity but if you have not trusted in Him and what He did on the cross for salvation, you won't be saved.

Saving faith is not merely believing in the factuality of the Lord Jesus Christ and what happened to Him on the cross, it's way more than that. It's about entrusting, relying and having confidence in Him and His death on the cross specifically for your salvation.

Believing that Jesus did really exist and that He did really die on the cross, nothing more, nothing less and nothing else is but the faith of demons.