Chapter 5: How Do We Access God’s Free Grace?Faith and the First Principles of the Gospel

In brief

If salvation is free, how is it received? Scripture says we are saved by grace through faith. Seaich shows that “faith” stands for a whole set of requirements, a figure of speech in which one part names the whole: faith, repentance, baptism by immersion, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. “Enduring to the end” is not a fifth requirement. It means continuing faithfully in these four principles.

This page summarizes Chapter 5 of Understanding Mormonism: The Restored Gospel of Christ and Its Biblical Foundations in Latter-day Saint Belief by Eugene Seaich (2026 Annotated Edition, edited by Eric Hendrickson). The summary is quoted from the book’s “In brief” and is editorial material, not the author’s words. The full chapter, with its notes and argument, is in the book.

Independent scholarship by Eugene Seaich. Not an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.