can faith save you?

Question

i was told that if you believe in Jesus Christ you are saved and can enter heaven. in what way can mere believing save you?

Answer 1

You need to believe what he said, what he did, what he wrote, and what his church teaches about it all.

Then you need to faithfully work to make all that an integral part of your life.

In the end, whether you've succeeded, is totally up top God to judge.

No guarantees.

That's where faith really becomes necessary.

Answer 2

That is not the way it works... you do have to accept Jesus for sure... but there is a bit more to it than that...... All who come to God in The Way He prescribes will receive His free gift of Salvation. Those become of The Body of The Church of which Jesus The Christ is The Head. Those are the ones of The True Christian Faith. Only those of The Church will enter Heaven.... no one can make up their own way to God. you must come to God as He prescribes... The Faith of The True Christian is based on the Fact of God's existance and God's promise to the individual of The Gift of Salvation...... I accept email questions concerning the basics of The True Christian Faith. One honest question will receive one honest answer to the best of my ability.

Answer 3

Death is inevitable. The thief on the cross knew when his would occur, but we can not predict our own. After his death, the crucified criminal went to live in paradise with Jesus. Some of us will also live eternally in God's presence. But others will experience everlasting torment, forever separated from Him.
If we receive Jesus as our Savior, our penalty for sin is paid. We are adopted into God's family, and Heaven is our eternal home. If we reject Jesus, we remain alienated from the Lord and under condemnation for our sin. We are destined to experience eternal judgment. God won't accept any of man's excuses because there is no acceptable defense for unbelief. (Acts 4:12)
Become part of God's family today. Acknowledge your sinfulness, and express your faith in these words:
"God, I have sinned against You. (Romans 3:23) I've followed my own way and refused to give You the right to rule in my life. (Romans 3:10-12) I recognize I am separated from You and cannot rescue myself. I do believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I accept the truth of the Scriptures? that His death on the cross paid my sin-debt in full. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) And I ask You to forgive me of my sins. (1 John 1:9) By faith, I receive You, Lord Jesus, as my personal Savior from this moment on."
If you just spoke those words to God, then, like the thief on the cross, you have received salvation? a gift of God's grace. The heavenly Father welcomes every person who comes to Him through His Son, regardless of background, age, or current situation. Through Jesus, the right to enter paradise is yours!

Answer 4

The following are Bible-based --complete with scripture links-- and answer your questions ...

How Can One Be Saved? :
- Have You Been Saved?
- What Must We Do to Be Saved?
- - Following Jesus
- - Belief Prompts Action
- - Jesus' Own Messages
- - Why "Put Up a Hard Fight for the Faith"?
- - Christian Zeal
- - 'God's Word Is Alive'
- - Which is Right?
http://watchtower.org/e/19960201/article_01.htm

What Does God Require of Us? ...
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_00.htm

Faith and Reason---Are They Compatible? ...
http://watchtower.org/e/20020401/article_01.htm

Answer 5

Show me your deeds and I shall tell you the faith that you have. You can't buy faith in the store, it comes through the ear, by listening, and you need it every day. Life is a constant combat, but in faith: 29"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. 31Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,[b] that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. 32God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact.

Acts 2:28-32

Answer 6

Faith is more than just saying that you know that Jesus is Savior intellectually. It is more personal. You believe that He did that for you; you claim Him as Savior and you choose to live your life in service and gratitude to Him. Faith involves knowledge, conviction and assurance, not just knowledge.
Based on that definition, what you were told is right and dealing with that is the most important choice you will ever make.

Answer 7

any faith can save someone.
there's many different interpretations.
as long as you have something to believe in, your saved by the act of having faith.

Answer 8

Faith is the instrument by which we receive God's forgiveness and mercy.

But it is a very specific faith; we are trusting in the fact that Jesus completely satisfied humanity's sin debt with His death on the cross, and that it is evidenced by His bodily resurrection. we are also trusting in the faithfulness of God; that God will keep His word and pardon all those who believe.

Answer 9

Not only can faith not save you, it can destroy you. All the faith in the world will not save your butt if you jump off the top of the Empire State Building. Since faith is the intentional rejection of logic, it is the ultimate evil.

Answer 10

yes.

believing is more than a mind set, it's a heart set.
trusting Jesus for salvation beyond a shadow of doubt. "knowing" without seeing.

Romans 10:9-10

Answer 11

Think about what you are asking; save you from what? All that saving is nothing more than another promise to pull in the uninformed weak minds to get their money.