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NASB | Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace [God's remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; |
Subject: Can MY faith in Christ save me? |
Bible Note: Greetings RNtim and welcome to the forum. Here is a point that has helped me understand the word “faith” and it might clear thing up a little. The word faith is what’s know as a transitive verb, that is it has a subject and an object it’s the object of faith that has all the merit or gets all the credit, not the subject or the one having the faith or the one believing. Jesus must be the object of faith in salvation “as the living word”. That’s the starting point for the child of God and as a believer in Christ one continues in God’s plan by exercising faith in God’s “written word”, The Bible. As for Peter’s stumbling you might be able to derive some comfort from the following verses. Romans 3:3 What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? 2 Tim. 2:11-13 It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; 12If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; 13If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself. Sometimes even as in Peter’s case we aren’t faithful but that doesn’t change the fact that God is faithful. I like this poem by the famous preacher, Charles Spurgeon. "If ever it should come to pass, That sheep of Christ might fall away, My fickle, feeble soul, alas! Would fall a thousand times a day." I hope you enjoy the forum, CDBJ |