Kingdom Truth: Volume Five

"The just shall live by faith" is the battle cry of the Protestant Reformation. This expression means those who are accepted of God live each day in humble dependence on the Lord, looking "The just shall live by faith." What does this mean? Has this expression caused us to totally misunderstand the salvation that is in Jesus Christ? Has our emphasis on "faith alone" produced the moral desolation that is destroying America?
Is it actually true that Christians can keep on sinning and never lose their salvation? We do not think so. We believe the just shall live by faith means precisely this, that righteous people live each day in humble dependence on the Lord Jesus, not in the sins of the flesh.
See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous will live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:4—NIV)
to Him constantly for every decision of life.
Today the definition appears to be, "State that you believe Jesus is the Christ and you want Him to save you, and from then on wait to die until you go to your mansion in Heaven."
Instead of faith being a way in which we live it now is a mental assent to theological facts, the embracing of which guarantees entrance to Paradise independently of our behavior—just the opposite of the Divine intention.