Luke 7:50 And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace. This was only to be expected in one who preached a gospel of grace. Grace and faith are correlatives. A gospel of grace is a gospel which proclaims a God whose nature it is to give. The proper attitude of those who worship such a God to the object of their worship is that of recipiency. (A. B. Bruce, D. D.)To hold a correct dogmatic definition of "saving faith" has been considered the most important criterion of a standing or falling Church. Yet I defy anybody to put into dogmatic shape this woman's "saving faith." It put itself into shape, but it was the shape of feeling and of action; of love which braved all to express itself in outward acts of reverence and affection; of sorrow which found more joy in bitter weeping than ever in laughter and in song; of personal devotion which recked nothing of any one else's opinion, if only it might gain one kind word from Him. Whoever they they need not fear but that theirs is "saving faith." (R. Winterbotham, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.WEB: He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." |
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