The Character of Saving Faith. True faith is always accompanied
by repentance from sin. Repentance is agreeing with God that you
are sinful, confessing your sins to Him, and making a conscious
choice to turn from sin (Luke 13:3,5; 1 Thessalonians 1:9) and pursue
Christ (Matthew 11:28-30; John 17:3) and obedience to Him
(1 John 2:3). It isn’t enough to believe certain facts about Christ.
Even Satan and his demons believe in the true God (James 2:19),
but they don’t love and obey Him. True saving faith always
responds in obedience (Ephesians 2:10).