Is faith required for salvation?
Scripture teaches that faith is absolutely necessary for salvation. It is utterly impossible to have any kind of salvation without faith. Hebrews declares that without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the essential means by which one walks with God and receives salvation.
Les explains that while believers are at home in the body, they are absent from the Lord, and they walk by faith. He emphasizes that it is utterly impossible to have any kind of salvation without faith, and he finds it perplexing that some evangelistic sermons never mention faith. He also points to Hebrews, where without faith it is impossible to please God. Thus, faith is not optional but essential for salvation.