Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(2Ti 3:15) “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”   I seem to discern there are those who equate their “faith which is in Christ Jesus” with “therefore I am saved”. No, there must be a bestowing of salvation which is the making alive of one’s spirit – that is the result of “salvation”, thus the word “through”. That bestowing means that God has seen one’s heart, found it genuine in desire to turn away from the sins that caused Christ’s death, and thus forgave the individual. It’s great that you believe what God has said. The next step is to seek forgiveness and then for God to act.