While there are qualifications for regenerate infants and other incapable of being outwardly called, for those who can deal in information, justifying faith includes propositional content. What must a person believe in order to be justified?
Paul tells us in Romans (10.9, 10) of course:
“if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.“
Believe the Gospel and you will be saved!
Wow, I now see you posted the same verse that I mentioned in my message to you a couple hours…after you.
I still think the point to emphasize here is belief in the resurrection of Jesus–his defeat of the last enemy: Death (aka the Dungeon Boss). I think “saved” here is sanctification / works of mouth / fruit of lips. I don’t think the “believe” and “confess” phrases makes a synonym-parallel; one springs/offshoots from the other like sanctification from justification. No?