It becomes a redemptive quality only when it responds in implementing the will of Jehovah. One of the great tragedies of ecclesiastical history is the fact that so many have failed to find a balanced view of human redemption as this concept is set forth in the biblical record. On the one hand there is Roman Catholicism, arrogantly contending that salvation is conferred upon the basis of meritorious acts. The executive director of this group is Dr. Robert Morey. But Dr. Morey is very militant in his view that salvation is by faith alone.
Valid faith is never passive.
It becomes a redemptive quality only when it responds in implementing the will of Jehovah. The affirmation is a textbook case of contradiction. Jesus was teaching in the city of Capernaum. The crowds so pressed around Him that some who sought His presence could not gain access to the Lord. Four enterprising men brought a lame friend, climbed to the rooftop of the house wherein Christ was teaching, and lowered their impotent companion through the ceiling.