Subject: And what about those who will die before |
Bible Note: Dachande ... Let me try with an illustration ... As an unbeliever we have a need for a heart transplant. We need to make the call asking for a new heart. As with the real world, the heart costs us nothing (it costs the donor their life). Now in order to live, we need to work out our heart ... that costs us nothing. The working out is proof of our free heart. Don't stop at Ephesians 2:8-9 ... go to verse 10. Then ... "So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Phil 2:12-13). |