For by Grace
Scripture Passage:
Ephesians 2:8-13
- OUR SALVATION (Ephesians 2:8-9)
- The Means at Work in Our Salvation (Ephesians 2:8)
- By grace
- Through faith
- The gift of God
- This could be speaking of the grace
- This could be speaking of the faith of Christ
- Our faith (Mark 9:17-27; especially verse 24)
- Righteousness of God obtained by (Romans 3:21-22; Philippians 3:9; Ephesians 2:8-9)
- Justification because of (Galatians 2:16)
- An Excluding Factor in Our Salvation (Ephesians 2:9)
- Not of works
- Lest any man should boast
- OUR WORKS (Ephesians 2:10)
- We are His Workmanship (Philippians 1:6; Philippians 2:13)
- Created unto Good Works
- Our equipping for this (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
- We are to be zealous for good works (Titus 2:14)
- We are to be careful to maintain good works (Titus 3:8)
- We are to provoke one another to good works (Hebrews 10:24)
- Before Ordained
- These things were ordained that we should walk in them
- This is connected to a responsibility on our part which means that God has not done it so that man has no part.
- OUR HERITAGE (Ephesians 2:11-13)
- Gentiles in the Flesh (Ephesians 2:11)
- Without Christ (Ephesians 2:12)
- Made Nigh (Ephesians 2:13)
Ray, Andrew