The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
Sinners get faith as a gift when Christ takes their captivity captive.

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Jesus took the poison of sin and drank the cup of wrath on our behalf to gain favor and righteousness for us.
The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season