In means which are especially extraordinary, we should not move our foot forward, unless God goes before us. From Matthew Henry's Commentary . When sinners are thus converted, they will love and honour those whom they before despised and hated, and will seek to lessen the suffering they before desired to increase. When the fruits of faith begin to appear, terrors will be followed by confidence and joy in God. From Wesley's Notes .
Faith makes a man joyful, prudent, liberal.
From The People's New Testament , B.W. Johnson, 1891. Faith must first be wrought, and then that faith, leading to the acceptance of Christ, would save. Homiletics Online, 1998. As long as we keep to this bottom line, we are free, indeed compelled, to adapt our language to the ears of those who may choose to listen to our proclamation of good news. The point is that to trust Christ as Savior and Lord biblically is to come to Him with the recognition that He meets the need of dealing with man's position before God, including one's sin problem.