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NASB | Romans 3:24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:24 and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, |
Bible Question: hi i just need some help in clarifying some thing for my cousin. she can't get past the fact that the apostle Paul has watered down the gosple (the teachings of Jesus) just to make salvation easy. she thinks that salvation is obtained by faith in Jesus and also by obeying the laws. i know Paul says salvation comes by faith only, in James it says salvation comes by faith and by obeying the law. can any one give me something concrete so i can explain it to my cousin so she does not live a life of trying to fulfill every law which i know you can never do. thanks |
Bible Answer: Whose "works" does James 2:17 speak of? I believe that these are God's. We are God's workmanship (Eph 2:10) - it is God who is at work in believers (Phi 2:13) - we are saved by His grace, not of our works (Eph 2:8-9) by the work of the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 1:2) to regenerate us (Titus 3:5) and Christ's blood "works" to cleanse us from sin, to propitiate God's wrath (1 John 4:10 et al). Faith, being by itself or without the works of God is indeed dead! Jesus said, "Apart from Me you can DO nothing." John 15:5 God works - we are God's workmanship, created IN Christ unto good works which God has prepared in advance fo us to do. (Eph 2:10) Let's keep the cart (good works - our response to God's work, what we do after we are IN Christ, recognized as the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer) behind the horse (God's Grace, working in HIS power to reconcile us to Him) Blessings, mommapbs |