tremble, and in their trembling, they show more piety than some men who make a claim to saving faith.13 According to the Scriptures, faith is being fully assured that what God has promised, He is also able to perform.14 Regarding the gospel, it means that the repentant sinner has turned from every vain hope in the flesh and has thrown himself upon Christ alone. In doing so, he becomes fully assured that Christ’s death made atonement for his sin and reconciled him to God. This is what faith is, but
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