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1 | Can MY faith in Christ save me? | Eph 2:8 | DocTrinsograce | 193025 | ||
Hi, RNtim... I don't want to take away from the our Brother Brad's post. Hopefully what I'll say will augment it, if possibly from a slightly different direction. It is easy to get our causes and effects mixed up. We aren't saved by faith, rather we are saved by God. He is responsible from start to finish (Hebrews 12:2a). Faith is not the cause, faith is His gift (Ephesians 2:8). The cause of our salvation is God's grace, the means is justification. Regarding Peter, keep in mind that it is the general bent of a life that demonstrates the perseverance of the elect. David is another prime example. Regarding your final question, sometimes people interpret the phrase in Philippians 3:9 as Christ's faith. However, that verse is speaking of the righteousness of Christ, which is what justification is all about. Therein is our assurance! In Him, Doc |
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2 | Can MY faith in Christ save me? | Eph 2:8 | New Creature | 193033 | ||
In Ephesians 2:8, faith is not the gift. Faith is how we receive the gift. Paul is not here speaking directly of faith, but of salvation. He is affirming that salvation is the gift of God. That is made more clear in the following Scripture. Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. D. L. Moody once said, "Some say that faith is the gift of God. So is the air, but you have to breathe it; so is bread, but you have to eat it; so is water, but you have to drink it. |
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3 | Can MY faith in Christ save me? | Eph 2:8 | hopalong | 193068 | ||
" it is inaccurate to suggest that God gives men a special gift of faith so that they may be saved and subsequently sanctified. Instead, God has sent His Holy Spirit into the world to convict men of sin and to enlighten darkened and depraved minds to the saving truths contained in Scripture (John 16:8; Rom 10:17; Eph 3:9). When one is regenerated, it is yieldedness to the filling ministry of the Holy Spirit, not infused faith, that results in good works. From Ephesians 2:8 and the collective whole of NT data, God is presented as the gracious initiator who, through His Holy Spirit, woos and wins men to Himself. Man is depicted as the responder who, in his spiritually destitute state, is convicted and enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and answers in simple faith to the promises of the Gospel. In view of such exquisite grace, it is only fitting to contend that salvation is a superlative expression of divine favor, yea, even a gift of God!" Gary L. Nebeker |
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