We have to ACCEPT that gift
of grace through our faith in Jesus.
(I hear so many Christians that take v 13 as a comforting promise, when in actuality it is a most solemn warning — God has made salvation available by His extension
of Grace through faith that He enables in us by revealing Himself to us.
Not exact matches
Before the «Dispensation
of Grace»
of God, by which we are saved
through «
Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law
of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission
of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!
You begin to follow the Word
of God and law therein out
of your love and
faith stemming from the
Grace extended to you
through Jesus.
And though He died for the sins
of the world, God's forgiveness is only granted to those who receive it by
grace through faith.
«For by
grace are you saved
through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift
of God: Not
of works, lest any man should boast.»
SALVATION comes
through FAITH ALONE in JESUS CHRIST while judgment and condemnation come from the Law which no longer applies since the DISPENSATION
of GRACE!
Not quite tallulah, all the other gods are man invented or possibly demonic.Every other idol god either mimics God and or requires a series
of works to gain their favor.They are created by men to appease the inner knowledge
of God, but all fall short
of the creator God.You can not work your way into Gods good
graces, you can only be saved by
faith through grace.God alone has resolved the sin problem we all suffer from, in the selfless sacrifice
of Jesus Christ on the cross.It is by accepting Jesus» redemption for us that allows us to be reconciled with God.God bless
In Ephesians the bible says,» by
grace you have been saved,
through faith, and this not
of your self, it is a gift from God, not by works so no one will boast.»
We understand the statement that «we are justified by
grace through faith because
of Christ» in terms
of the substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness
of Christ, leading to full assurance
of eternal salvation; we seek to testify in all circumstances and contexts to this, the historic Protestant understanding
of salvation by
faith alone (sola fide).
I am a member
of Mars Hill Church and can only say that
through the preaching at Mars Hill Church, I have truly come to
faith and
grace through Jesus Christ.
Salvation comes by
grace alone
through faith alone in Christ alone, and a life
of repentance is the natural response that the sinner has to what His savior has done for him.
Salvation comes by
grace alone
through faith alone in Christ alone ----- Except if God placed you in a region on earth where christianity doesn't exist, then you've never heard
of Christ, and will likely go your entire life without learning the first thing about him.
To receive the free gift
of eternal life by
grace alone
through faith alone in Christ alone.
It is a free gift
of God, offered by
grace alone,
through our
faith alone.
The fire
of sin is put out by the water
of grace through the hose
of faith.
If you have been saved by the
grace of God
through faith in Jesus then you are a permanent member
of his church.
Salvation comes by the
grace of God, but
through our individual
faith.
And so far, we have seen that if sin is the like a fire, then
grace is like the water that puts it out, and it travels
through the hose
of faith.
For by
grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift
of God (Eph.
I find it ironic that Calvinists I know always sum up with the «salvation by
grace alone
through faith alone» and then have their own interpretation
of what God's
grace is.
Scripture tells us everywhere that we need to receive the
grace of God and the benefits
of Christ's death for us
through faith —
through the hose.
In this view, Paul is saying, «For by
grace you have been saved
through faith, and
faith is not
of yourselves,
faith is the gift
of God.»
«For it is by
grace you have been saved,
through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.»
Only one theological position has ever resulted in the Romans 6:1 question, and it is the position which says that eternal life is by
grace alone
through faith alone in Christ alone, and that once a person has received eternal life in this way, it can never be lost.And when we realize the truth
of this, it is incredibly liberating.
Justification by
grace through faith has been a perennial theme throughout the history
of the people
of God.
For me, we receive the free gift
of salvation by God's
grace through faith.
Since all have sinned and fall short
of the glory
of God, they are justified by his
grace as a gift
through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by
faith Martin Luther believed that the theology
of this text was...
He modifies what he wrote in Ephesians 2:5 by pointing out four additional things about this life which we received by the
grace of God: He says this life is also (1)
through faith, (2) is not
of yourselves, (4) it is a gift
of God, and (3) is not by works.
It is
grace through faith that got us over the line in the first place and it is
grace through faith that keeps us on the right side
of it.
The
grace given to us in confirmation enables us to grow to Christian maturity»... so that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love
of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness
of God.»
In this view, Ephesians 2:8 could be read this way: «For by
grace you have been saved
through faith, and it is especially not
of yourselves, it is especially the gift
of God.»
Conversion is a process that does not begin and end with the profession
of faith in Christ, but begins with the Holy Spirit's prevenient
grace on the person's life and continues
through repentance for a lifetime — the Kingdom comes.
Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country could be described as a «Protestant» novel; it comes closer than any other novel I know to telling a story
of justification by
grace through faith.
We are not saved by the works
of the law but by by
grace through faith in Christ.
The priority
of grace is unquestionable, but what we have become by
grace through faith should result in good works for God's glory and in the service
of our fellows.
The church understands itself to be the first heirs
of this kingdom
through faith alone, worked by the power
of the Holy Spirit
through the means
of grace.
Graham, his son, Franklin, and others can still preach a meeting and people will come to hear the truth
of the Gospel and many will respond by
grace through faith.
Thank you for the gift
of eternal life
through faith in Your
grace!
Indeed, he believes that when the Catholic Church formally responded to the teaching
of the Reformation at the Council
of Trent in the mid-1500s (known as the Counter-Reformation), it denied the most important truth that scripture gives us: that we are saved by
grace alone,
through faith alone, in Christ alone.
You may believe the Gospel
of John is made up whole cloth too but it shows that, at the latest in the second century, that Christian understood themselves to be adopted into God's people not by blood by by
faith (by
faith we are saved
through grace is how Paul put it).
The «Main Testimony»
of the Bible that we need to heed is «Salvation by the
Grace of God
through Faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,» the New Covenant.
If there is an absolute in the Christian
faith, it is not what is demanded
of Christians but what is offered to them, which is the gift
of God's
grace in and
through Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2 8 For it is by
grace you have been saved,
through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God — 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
In the bigger picture, it is a slippery and dangerous slope away from God to doubt that the Word
of God as available to us now in the entire Bible does not sufficiently provide the explanation
of God's nature and
grace and the means for our salvation
through faith in Christ, and such a situation can not logically stand anyway.
If you have received this
grace through repentance
of sin, you have an eternal
faith relationship with The Lord Christ Jesus, He dwells in you, you die to self, and it is Christ that lives in you, therefore your works are
of Christ, and this is an ongoing, daily process.
Once again, if you live in an area
of the world where that's not likely to happen, your still saved by
grace through faith.
Nor does the experience
of being justified by
faith through the
grace of God put an end to our sinning!
i do nt know wheather you are still living in Law or
Grace, but thats what i encourage you to find out, cause nothing seem to make since, when your still trying to live under the Law, you must except the free gift of righteousness by grace through faith, if not, you will always come under condemnation, I experience this for years, Oh Thank God I Am Free, Read Romans, Galation, and ephisans, and H
Grace, but thats what i encourage you to find out, cause nothing seem to make since, when your still trying to live under the Law, you must except the free gift
of righteousness by
grace through faith, if not, you will always come under condemnation, I experience this for years, Oh Thank God I Am Free, Read Romans, Galation, and ephisans, and H
grace through faith, if not, you will always come under condemnation, I experience this for years, Oh Thank God I Am Free, Read Romans, Galation, and ephisans, and Hebews
and in Ephesians 2:8 - 9, «For it is by
grace you have been saved,
through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift the gift
of God — NOT BY WORKS, so that no one can boast.