Quote:
Originally Posted by shackleton  Secondly, Clark talks about what saving faith is. This is based on propositional truth since all truth is propositional truth. Jesus spoke the truth in the form of spoken word in logical propositions. When people have faith in a person this is the same thing as saying that they believe in what the person says. So, to believe Christ is to believe in what he said and believe this to the point of action, like James spoke of. It is not intellectual assent, because the Devil and his minnions have this kind of believe. |
I think Clark would say saving faith
is intellectual asset. That is to say, that intellectual assent does lead to action. And Clark would reject a need for any other kind of assent than intellectual. We do not justify are faith based on our emotional reaction - although genuine saving faith will frequently cause an emotional reaction. So intellectual assent is all that is required - what more is needed?
As for the belief of demon's - the following is a good explanation:
Demonic Theology.