A. Berean has left a new comment on your post "UOJ Debate and Information on Extra Nos":
Don't forget that Scripture does say that we believe in Christ IN ORDER to be forgiven (or in this following passage justified). Galatians 2:16: "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." The greek word ινα is used which means "that; in order that" and it is used with the subjunctive (hence the "might"). So we really do believe in Christ IN ORDER to be justified. Remember too according to Romans 4, the righteousness of Christ by which we are accounted righteous is imputed to faith (vs. 5, 11, 13, 22, 24).
