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| "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)." You were saved by grace when you were dead in trespasses and sins. When you were dead in trespasses and sins, you were incapable of believing. |
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January 8, 2020
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Ephesians 2
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)...
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Verse 8 is loved and quoted often; nearly
every Christian is willing to affirm "by grace are ye saved" even
though their idea on the subject repudiates the truth of salvation by the grace
of God. Why do I say that?
Their idea of "by grace are ye
saved" includes the instrumentality of their act of believing;
"through faith" is understood as the believing act of those saved.
They necessarily understand "the gift of God" as referring to the faith
which is given to those not saved, still dead in sins, for them to utilize the
gift, i.e. to be saved through faith.
Such ideas are just plain irrational, i.e.
lacking common sense, yes, stupid. The ideas blatantly contradict the plain
statement of verse 5, "Even when we were dead in sins, [God] hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)"
It declares that "by grace ye are
saved" happens when we were dead in sins, by the quickening activity of
the Spirit of God. "By grace are ye saved" happens when we were
INCAPABLE of faith, when we were dead in sins; we were in our native state of
condemnation and death.
"Through faith" declares the basis
of that gift of salvation freely bestowed. Salvation is through the
faithfulness of Christ in His work of redemption. Instead of rejoicing in the
complete and perfect faithfulness of Christ, so many are obsessed with their
faith and then twisting the word of God further by insisting that the gift is
the faith.
No, the all-wise God does not give the gift
of faith to the dead in sins and expects them to utilize the gift. Let God be
true but every man a liar; He quickens the dead instead by bestowing the eternal salvation to them -
that is the gift given to the dead at the point of quickening from the dead.
The gift is the salvation bestowed freely by God's grace.
Stop believing lies.
p/s: faith is NOT a gift; faith is one of the saving graces worked within a SAVED man by the indwelling Spirit, even the Spirit of adoption.
