Saving Faith

William Guthrie, in "The Christian's Great Interest", says this about saving faith in Jesus Christ:

"In a word, whatsoever way [Jesus] may benefit poor man, He declares Himself able to do. And as He holdeth out Himself in the Scriptures, so faith does point towards Him. If He be a Bridegroom, faith will go out in a marriage relation; if He be a Father, faith pleadeth the man to be a child; if He be a Shepherd, faith pleads the man may be one of His sheep; if He be a Lord, faith calleth Him so, which none can do but by the Spirit of Jesus; if He be dead, and risen again for our justification, faith 'believeth God has raised Him' on that account. (Rom. 10: 9.) Wheresoever He be, there would faith be; and whatsoever He is, faith would be somewhat like Him."

In other words, to receive Christ is to believe in Him. To believe in Him is to receive all of Him, not just Christ as savior but also as Lord and treasure. If you really receive Christ, you receive all of Him - not parts of Him. You will receive Him in all of His offices. He is prophet, preist and king. Lord, savior, treasure. Whatever scripture declares Him to be, saving faith receives Him as such. Indeed, saving faith savors who He is and makes Christ all. As Piper has said, "Saving faith is being satisfied with God and all that He is for us in Jesus."