Moreover, all that the Spirit of God does in me, He gives me faith to look to Christ for, and persuades me that in Christ I have it against all evidence of sight and sense to the contrary. I receive all and stand upon Christ for all that His Gospel has told me is in Him for His people. The only valid basis for my faith is His word of command to believe Him for all (Acts 16:31; Isaiah 45:22-25; Colossians 2:9-10; Hebrews 10:19).
For example, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God (Romans 5:1-11). We have peace by Christ’s cross (Colossians 1:20). We have peace by Christ who is the propitiation to God for our sins (Ephesians 2:13-15; 1 John 4:10). We have peace in Christ’s reconciliation that He made by His blood (2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Colossians 1:20-22; Ephesians 2:11-21; Isaiah 12:1-3; Psalm 85:1-10; Ezekiel 37:26). And by faith that is by Christ (Acts 3:16 — ‘the faith that is by Him’), we know this peace by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). Every grace given to us is based on our justification in Christ’s blood (Romans 3:24-8:34). Faith doesn't make God do anything. But faith enables me to enter into the truth with enjoyment of peace by the Holy Spirit of God. "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost" (Romans 15:13).
God has justified all of His elect by the blood of Christ (Romans 5:9, 19). As long as God has known His people as His elect (Ephesians 1:4), no one has been able to lay one thing to their charge. "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth" (Romans 8:33). How can this be?! Because our God and Father chose His people IN CHRIST from before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4-7). None can condemn one for whom Christ died (Romans 8:34). And all for whom Christ died are not only justified by His blood (Romans 5:9), but are given all things in Him (Ephesians 1:3; Romans 8:32; Colossians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:30-31).
Therefore, by God-given faith, we see what God sees, because He has told us the truth that is in Jesus in the Gospel (Ephesians 4:21). Faith is that God-given spiritual sight that enables us to lay hold and lean the weight of our eternal souls on Christ, to stand in reliance on God's word concerning salvation and all spiritual blessings that are in Him alone (Ephesians 1:3-7).