The Christ of the Prophets Quotes

“The other side of a proper response to law and covenant according to the prophets is faith. For in view of the condescension on the part of God in establishing the intimacy of a covenantal relationship, the great, great sin of Israel would be failure to trust him for everything necessary for life and salvation. In confronting Ahaz at the time of the Syro-Ephraimite invasion, Isaiah plays on the Hebrew word for “faith” (amen): “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all” (Isa. 7:9). Says J. A. Motyer: “Faith is the central reality of the Lord’s people, not just their distinctiveness but their ground of existence. No faith, no people.”
― O. Palmer Robertson, The Christ of the Prophets: Abridged Edition