Space is lacking to engage the texts fully here, but there is a kind of faith that isn’t saving. Mental agreement with propositions doesn’t mean someone has saving faith. Believing that there is one God doesn’t save, for demons believe such but they don’t belong to God (Jas. 2:19). Similarly, demons rightly identified Jesus as “the Holy One of God” (Mark 1:24), but they remained his opponents. Saving faith embraces, prizes, and treasures Jesus Christ for salvation. A full study of the gospel of John
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