- Ephesians 2:8-9 - These passages all harmonize!
- Saved:
- Not by works (excluded):
- Sinlessness
- Devise own plan
- Any man’s plan
- By works (included):
- Faith that responds in works of obedience (Galatians 5:6
- Not by works (excluded):
- God’s offer:
- Joshua 6
- Boastful work? No.
- Man’s faith? No.
- Man’s obedience? YES.
- II Kings 5
- Boastful work? No.
- Man’s faith? No.
- Man’s obedience? YES.
- John 9
- Boastful work? No.
- Man’s faith? No.
- Man’s obedience? YES.
- Mark 16:16
- Boastful work? No.
- Man’s faith? No.
- Man’s obedience? YES.
- Was the blessing each received by the grace of God? Yes!
- Did they receive the blessing while rejecting God’s plan? No!
- Did they receive the blessing at the point of faith? No.
- Did they receive the blessing when they, through faith, worked the works that God commanded? Yes.
- Joshua 6
JJ
June 26, 2011
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