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Every proper name and place mentioned in the Bible is discussed in this standard evangelical Bible encyclopedia, along with all the most important subjects in theology and biblical background. Numerous photographs, drawings, and diagrams have been included to provide the clearest possible presentation of the information. This reference work represents the work of over 200 leading evangelical...

the consent of the volition, or “the consent of the will to the assent of the understanding” (cf. Jn 8:30–31, ASV). Saving faith, therefore, involves active personal trust, a commitment of oneself to the Lord Jesus Christ. But it is not the amount of faith that saves, it is the object of faith that saves. Great faith in the wrong object does not alter man’s lost estate one iota. Little faith (so long as it is faith) in the right object must result in salvation. As an article of religion puts it: