Faith comes by hearing the Gospel

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“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” Ephesians 1:13-14

It is through the hearing of the Gospel, the Word of Truth, that we have been brought to trust in Christ Jesus and His atoning sacrifice for the sins of all. And this is all by the gracious working of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God. He brings us to trust in Christ through the hearing of the Gospel, He comes to regenerate us and dwell in us through our Baptism, and He keeps us in the true and saving faith through the continued use of the Word and Sacrament until that day when we are taken to be forever with the Lord.

Thank You, dear Savior, for sending us men to preach the Gospel of our salvation, for granting us the Holy Spirit to create faith in our hearts through the hearing of Your Word, and for preserving us in the true faith through Word and Sacrament unto life everlasting. Amen.

[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]

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