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title: "18 Saving Faith Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Saving Faith quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Saving Faith sayings and thoughts."
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> [If you truly believe in Jesus, it is for life. Saving faith is a life-long act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-you-truly-believe-in-jesus-it-is-for-life-saving-faith-is-a-life/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [Saving faith is the faith of God's elect; the special gift of God to them, wrought in them by his Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-boston/saving-faith-is-the-faith-of-god-s-elect-the-special-gift-of-god-to/)

[Thomas Boston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-boston/)

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> [We must be holy, because this is the only sound evidence that we have a saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-must-be-holy-because-this-is-the-only-sound-evidence-that-we-have/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [“Without a saving faith in the future, no one would ever invest at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/without-a-saving-faith-in-the-future-no-one-would-ever-invest-at-all-2/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

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> [“Without a saving faith in the future, no one would ever invest at all.” P 535”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham-david-l-dodd/without-a-saving-faith-in-the-future-no-one-would-ever-invest-at-all/)

[Benjamin Graham^David L.Dodd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham-david-l-dodd/)

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> [The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-only-saving-faith-is-that-which-casts-itself-on-god-for-life-or/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“Obedience flows out of faith; it is a consequence of saving faith, not a second condition for salvation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/obedience-flows-out-of-faith-it-is-a-consequence-of-saving-faith-not/)

[Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/)

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> [It is not saving faith to confess Christ as true. Saving faith receives Christ as a Treasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/it-is-not-saving-faith-to-confess-christ-as-true-saving-faith/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/john-piper-255_christ_it-is-not-saving-faith-to-confess-christ_3017080.png)

> [“True and genuine charity is no lesse necessary to Salvation for all Churches, and members of Christian Churches, than the true and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-davenant/true-and-genuine-charity-is-no-lesse-necessary-to-salvation-for-all/)

[John Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-davenant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/john-davenant-55802_charity_true-and-genuine-charity-is-no-lesse-nec_520974.jpg)

> [No man ever believes with a true and saving faith unless God inclines his heart; and no man when God does incline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/no-man-ever-believes-with-a-true-and-saving-faith-unless-god-inclines/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/saving-faith-is-an-immediate-relation-to-christ-accepting-receiving/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality: saving faith is a faith that produces obedience; it is a faith that brings about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/faith-that-saves-has-one-distinguishing-quality-saving-faith-is-a/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

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> [Saving faith is not just believing that Jesus lived and died. Faith that saves is the confident, continuous confession of total dependence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/saving-faith-is-not-just-believing-that-jesus-lived-and-died-faith/)

[John Macarthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/)

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> [“Being persuaded that Christ and his promises are factual is not by itself saving faith. That is why some professing Christians will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/being-persuaded-that-christ-and-his-promises-are-factual-is-not-by/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an 'extra' that a person might grow into after he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-pursuit-of-joy-in-god-is-not-optional-it-is-not-an-extra-that-a/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [We must never think of salvation as a kind of transaction between God and us in which He contributes grace and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stott/we-must-never-think-of-salvation-as-a-kind-of-transaction-between-god/)

[John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stott/)

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> [“The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-pursuit-of-joy-in-god-is-not-optional-it-is-not-an-extra-that-a-2/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stott/saving-faith-is-resting-faith-the-trust-which-relies-entirely-on-the/)

[John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stott/)

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