Answer: Justifying faith is a saving grace₁, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit₂ and Word of God₃, whereby he, being convinced of his sin and misery, and of the disability in himself and all other creatures to recover him out of his lost condition₄, not only assents to the truth of the promise of the gospel₅, but receives and rests upon Christ and his righteousness, therein held forth, for pardon of sin₆, and for the accepting and accounting of his person righteous in the sight of God for salvation.₇

1. Hebrews 10:39
2. 2 Corinthians 4:13; Ephesians 1:17-19
3. Romans 10:14; Romans 10:17
4. Acts 2:37; Acts 16:30; John 16:8-9; Romans 5:6; Ephesians 2:1; Acts 4:12
5. Ephesians 1:13
6. John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Acts 10:43
7. Philippians 3:9; Acts 15:11