How does saving faith come according to Romans 10:17?
According to Romans 10:17, saving faith comes by hearing, not by works. It is the kind of faith that needs nothing else added. Hearing involves no work, and salvation is faith plus nothing. It is not received through the works of the law, as Paul says.
Les explains that Paul says salvation is faith plus nothing, not the Christian experience as we go on down the road. The believers addressed had received the Spirit, the evidence of their salvation, not by the works of the law but by the hearing of faith. Les then returns to Romans 10:17, comparing Scripture with Scripture. That verse describes saving faith as the kind that needs nothing else, and it comes by hearing—not by works. Hearing involves no work, so saving faith is not earned by law-keeping. This matches the finished work plus nothing, for if it were otherwise, Christ died in vain.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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What does Romans 10:17 say faith comes by?
Romans 10:17 teaches that saving faith—the kind that needs nothing else—comes by hearing, not by works.
What kind of faith is saving faith?
Saving faith is the kind of faith that needs nothing else.