What does it mean to be saved by faith?
Gered worden door geloof betekent dat we voor God rechtvaardig verklaard worden door op Jezus te vertrouwen, en niet door het met goede werken te verdienen. Geloof is de lege hand die ontvangt wat God vrijelijk geeft in Christus.
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“Faith” in the Bible is trust — relying on Jesus and what he has done rather than on our own performance. We are not saved because our good outweighs our bad, but because we rest on Christ.
This is why the New Testament insists salvation is “not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:9). Works follow as the fruit of faith, but they are never the root of salvation.
Saving faith therefore changes everything and costs nothing: it is freely given, and it produces a transformed life of gratitude and obedience.