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Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. Faith saves, because it owns the complete salvation of another, and not because it contributes anything to that salvation.

Horatius Bonar — The Everlasting Righteousness / essay Not Faith, But CHRIST

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Not Faith, But CHRIST (material from The Everlasting Righteousness, 1873)

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Distinguishes faith from righteousness; faith links the sinner to Christ’s finished work and adds nothing to it.

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