This is a guest post by Jeffrey Pinyan. Jeffrey is the seventh of eight children and a life-long Catholic. A graduate of the Computer Science program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, he works in the Princeton area as a software developer for an Internet investigation company....
And then, Ephesians 2:8-10, after the famous verses about being saved by grace through faith and not our works, informs us that “we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” God saves His people by His ...
Ephesians 2:8-9- For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:17- So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Hebrews 11:1- Now fai...
This verse should be contrasted with Titus 3:5, where we are not saved by works of righteousness “we have done.” As further discussed below, in this verse what “we have done” refers to a work of law or obligation for which we seek payment. But verse 5 also says the “washing ...
The Bible teaches we are saved by grace alone (we don’t deserve it), through faith alone (not by works), in Christ alone. Eternal salvation is a gift from God, freely given and freely received. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share...
We’re saved by grace alone, through the faith given to us by God. He is the LORD, He changes not. Reply Tim Klein says: March 7, 2018 at 7:26 pm True; any loss of salvation would make it a works theology period; Reply bro. david says: March 7, 2018 at 3:55 pm Wel...
look by faith to Jesus for eternal life. Those in the old testament looked forward in faith and were instructed by the School Master or the sacrificial and ceremonial laws given by God through Moses to teach them about Jesus. They were not saved by works and obedience, but by faith in th...
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justice to the free, astonishing love of a holy God towards sinners, who could not profit or harm him, whom he might justly crush in a moment, and whose deserving of his vengeance was shown in the method by which they were saved, though he could by his almighty Word have created other...
Salvation: We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ -- His death, burial and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or any kind of human effort (Romans 10:9-10, Acts 16:31, Galatians 2:16; 3:8, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, and...