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This was the Divine purpose in the mission of the Son God sent Christ to bless us 'by turning every one of us away from our iniquities' ( Acts 3:26). 'We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works.' We are saved because we are thus created. POWER FOR GOOD WORKS IS INCLUDED IN SALVATION. Therefore, while believers may rejoice that they have received pardon through the blood of Christ, let them still more rejoice that Jesus ' saves them from their sins' by a continuous supply of his living grace. Holiness is the most essential thing in salvation. To be saved from sin is the climax, the consummation, the essence of salvation. There must be likewise a deliverance from the power of sin. This is, indeed, the first step in salvation. The salvation was more than a deliverance from the guilt of sin, so as to exempt sinners from future punishment. It is not, ' Ye shall be saved.' They were already in an actual state of salvation they had passed from death unto life and the life was everlasting.Ģ. It is implied that the salvation is a present reality. We are not saved by works, but unto works. Croskery One thought runs through these two verses like a thread of gold. The Respective Places of Faith and Works in Salvation The Mistake of Relying Upon Faith Considered

Salvation in its Completeness: the Place of Faith and Works

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Salvation by the Sovereign Love and Free Grace of God 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.Faith: What is It? How Can it be Obtained

( AX) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple ( AY) in the Lord. ( AP)ġ9 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, ( AQ) but fellow citizens ( AR) with God’s people and also members of his household, ( AS) 20 built ( AT) on the foundation ( AU) of the apostles and prophets, ( AV) with Christ Jesus himself ( AW) as the chief cornerstone. ( AM) 18 For through him we both have access ( AN) to the Father ( AO) by one Spirit. 17 He came and preached peace ( AL) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. ( AI) His purpose was to create in himself one ( AJ) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, ( AK) by which he put to death their hostility. ( AE)ġ4 For he himself is our peace, ( AF) who has made the two groups one ( AG) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh ( AH) the law with its commands and regulations. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once ( AC) were far away have been brought near ( AD) by the blood of Christ. Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christġ1 Therefore, remember that formerly ( X) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands) ( Y)- 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners ( Z) to the covenants of the promise, ( AA) without hope ( AB) and without God in the world. ( T) 10 For we are God’s handiwork, ( U) created ( V) in Christ Jesus to do good works, ( W) which God prepared in advance for us to do. 8 For it is by grace ( P) you have been saved, ( Q) through faith ( R)-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, ( S) so that no one can boast. ( J) 6 And God raised us up with Christ ( K) and seated us with him ( L) in the heavenly realms ( M) in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, ( N) expressed in his kindness ( O) to us in Christ Jesus. 4 But because of his great love for us, ( H) God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions ( I)-it is by grace you have been saved. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

( E) 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, ( F) gratifying the cravings of our flesh ( G) and following its desires and thoughts. 2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, ( A) 2 in which you used to live ( B) when you followed the ways of this world ( C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, ( D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

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