What is 'faith alone'?

[Dave...]

Very good

 

[Corinth77777]

Amen. As long as our understanding of grace is correct, then our understanding of works can be properly understood. Grace just means an undeserved gift. If grace cost anything it would no longer be grace.

Peace

I like how DW puts it in so many words..grace is God doing what we cannot do on our own.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

It's impossible to separate faith from grace, because faith is part of grace.

Real grace that cost God his only legitimate son, not "hyper grace" as a therapy session that absolves your guilt, and certainly not lawlessness.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? (Rom. 6:1-2)
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. (Rom. 7:7)

 

[Eternally-grateful]

Grace is the gift of God. For it i9s by Grace we have been saved. a Completed action.

But God will not force it on you.. nor keep it from you. He came so you can see, and gave you the word that you can believe.

Its not by works of righteousness which we have done.. But it is By Gods mercy.

He came into his own but his own received him not. But as many as have received him, to THEM he gave the right or power to become sons of God. Through faith.

There are no works involved. Justification is a term which means made righteous, or declared innocent. And it is through faith we are justified. Free to us, but paid by the blood of God himself.

As paul said. If abraham was found by works. he has something to boast. But not before God. This same chapter in (romans 4) says we today are saved by this same faith. Knowing God can and will do what he promised. based on our hope.

If we are trying to get to God based on works. Our hope is in self.. Good luck with this.

Is your Hope in God. his work. Or in your own works..

 

[JLB]

Is your Hope in God. his work. Or in your own works..

The way we become born again is we obey the truth (gospel) through the Spirit.

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 1 Peter 1:22-23


It is us who does the work of obeying the truth, by God’s grace, His Spirit; the Spirit of grace.

That’s what grace is, the Holy Spirit, that enables us to obey.

 

[Eternally-grateful]

The way we become born again is we obey the truth (gospel) through the Spirit.

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 1 Peter 1:22-23


It is us who does the work of obeying the truth, by God’s grace, His Spirit; the Spirit of grace.

That’s what grace is, the Holy Spirit, that enables us to obey.

Obey what?

the gospel? (believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved)

Or works of righteousness which we have done, are doing and continue to do?

 

[JLB]

the gospel? (believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved)

Yes obey the Gospel; the gospel command repent.

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

• and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Confessing Jesus as Lord is the confession of faith by which we are saved.

Confessing Jesus as LORD is how we obey the Gospel command to repent.

 

[Eternally-grateful]

Yes obey the Gospel; the gospel command repent.

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

• and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Confessing Jesus as Lord is the confession of faith by which we are saved.

Confessing Jesus as LORD is how we obey the Gospel command to repent.

The tax collector did this.. he went home justified.

You have to be careful. 90% of people here the word obey and they assume a law or legalistic gospel of works.. ie. if you do not work hard enough you will lose salvation

 

[JLB]

You have to be careful. 90% of people here the word obey and they assume a law or legalistic gospel of works..

Yes sir. I have encountered this much.