• 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
  • 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.