Saving Faith Is More Than an Intellectual Ascent

Reformed voices in the wake of late 20th century easy-believism have emphasized that saving faith includes more than intellectual ascent. The same faith not only reckons Christ's person and work to be true, but also enjoys him as desirable and good. We do not receive him savingly when we receive him as a ticket out of hell or into heaven. He is not a ticket. He is what makes heaven heaven. Justifying faith means receiving, welcoming, embracing Jesus for all that God is for us in him.