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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: Salvation: "By" Grace, "Through" Faith. |
Bible Note: Greetings, John. My understanding of faith in the Scriptures is that it is expressed by obedience to the Word of God. Spurgeon said of faith, "Faith and obedience are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith." I understand that the air that we breathe is a gift from God, but He doesn't breathe for us. The fact that He "invites us" into His Presence doesn't automatically put us there. I am convinced that there are many people who intellectually acknowledge the Gospel of Jesus Christ and claim to be "believers", but they have never "obeyed the Gospel". 'However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?"' [Romans 10:16 NASB] "dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus." [2 Thess. 1:8 NASB] "For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?" [1 Pet. 4:17 NASB] 'This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone, A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.' [1 Pet. 2:7-8 NASB] Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |