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#commonsense
#throughfaith_whosefaith
Ephesians 2 KJT
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.
Verse 8 has been quoted ad nauseam, but its glorious
truth is either missed or twisted. How? Quite simple; they understand
"faith" as the gift of God to them, which they then exercise in order
to be saved by grace; yes, they are saved by grace through their faith.
That's the common and popular view, even though it is
plainly wrong. Common sense will tell you that, but common sense is a rare
virtue among God's children.
I'll make it simple.
You are saved by grace WHEN you were dead in sin,
verses 1 and 5; that salvation by God's grace took place WHEN you were dead in
sin.
Has this obvious truth registered with you yet?
Supposing faith is the gift:
Then you are saying that God gives this gift to the
dead in sin, and the dead in sin can exercise/utilise that spiritual gift, and as a result, God saves the dead in sin by His grace.
Do you see the madness and stupidity, i.e. lacking common
sense! Only the superstitious give/offer gifts to the dead; they also believe
the dead are able to use the gifts to profit themselves.
It's simple:
- eternal salvation is God's gift to the dead in
sins,
- eternal salvation is secured by Christ, through
His faithfulness in executing the work of redemption for His people,
- eternal salvation is freely applied to the dead in
sins, i.e. by the grace of God.
God's children have that carnal propensity and evil
inclination to subvert God's free grace by introducing their activities into
the equation of their eternal salvation, to the point that they even believe
that God would give the gift of faith to the spiritually dead. The spiritually dead then exercise the spiritual
gift in order to be saved by grace! See the mess?,
