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1 dzień temu · He emphasizes that salvation is not something that can be earned through human effort or adherence to the law, but is a gift from God, accessible through faith in Jesus Christ. This grace-based salvation is a recurring theme in his letters, particularly in Ephesians 2:8-9, where he underscores that it is by grace through faith that believers ...
18 sie 2021 · The easiest way to see how Paul came to think/believe/understand his evangelistic message that “salvation” with God can come only by “faith” in Christ’s death is by realizing how he started reasoning backwards from his belief that Jesus was raised from the dead.
Throughout Scripture, the apostle Paul explained that the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Christ should cause us to be loving towards others. It accomplishes this first by making us humble. In Romans 3:9-12 Paul makes clear that there is no difference between Jew or Gentile, for “all are under the power of sin.”
9 maj 2013 · If, as Paul here proclaims, salvation is by God’s grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone for God’s glory alone, then there is hope for every sinner. Salvation does not depend on you, but rather on God, who is mighty to save.
17 maj 2023 · Paul says those who have true faith in Jesus Christ will be “eager to do what is good” (Titus 2:14). To return to Ephesians 2, immediately after teaching that we are saved through faith, not through works (Ephesians 2:8–9), Paul says that we were created “to do good works” (Ephesians 2:10).
23 maj 2014 · “We were reconciled to God through the death of his Son,” Paul tells us (Rom. 5:10), and “He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also” (Rom. 8:11). Each of us might also regard the first time we said we believe in Christ as a decisive moment in our salvation.
In the words of Paul, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and be saved” (Acts 16:31). Perhaps you are one of those who has thought of yourself as 80% saved. You believe about Jesus Christ and do many of the things Christians do (or don’t).
