The Necessity Of
Faith In Christ
Hebrews 11:6
Why is faith in Christ necessary? Why must
sinners trust the Lord Jesus Christ alone as Savior and Lord? Much needs to be
said in this regard, but three facts will suffice to show the necessity of faith.
1. THE ONLY WAY FALLEN MEN AND WOMEN CAN
EVER PLEASE THE HOLY LORD GOD IS BY FAITH IN CHRIST (Heb. 11:6). No man since
the fall of Adam has ever pleased God, or done anything acceptable and pleasing
in God's sight, except by faith in Christ. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses,
and all the great champions of faith listed in Hebrews 11 were pleasing and
acceptable to God, not because of what they did, but because of Christ whom
they trusted. You and I, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, are accepted in
the same way and in the same measure. Every sinner who trusts Christ alone as
his Savior and Lord pleases God and is accepted in the Beloved, because we
fulfill the law of God by faith in him (Rom. 3:31; 8:4), giving him everything
he requires from men: righteousness and satisfaction.
2. THERE IS NO TRUE HUMILITY APART FROM
FAITH IN CHRIST (Zech.
3. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY FOR A SINNER TO
COME TO GOD AND BE SAVED (Acts
Don Fortner