(8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:
(9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
(10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Je'sus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
RECEIVE YE GRACE!
Case in point, first of all, let us search for the meaning of the word grace? per Marriam-Webster dictionary definitions are, (i) unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; (ii) a virtue coming from God; (iii) a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace.
Now, we have the understandings from humanly perspectives of the word grace, we can now study the text carefully to understand it from divinely perspectives of the scriptures; (8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: let us study the verse in segments; (a) For by grace are ye saved through faith; by grace (unmerited favor), we receive salvation and eternity by repentance of our transgressions, receiving Jesus Christ into our hearts as Lord and Savior, believing in him and be baptized into the faith of his righteousness; (b) and not of yourselves; we also have to realize that, though grace was already established before the foundation of the world, grace did not manifest until Jesus Christ came to earth suffered, died and resurrected to save humanity from bondage of iniquities that humanity was able to enter into his grace, salvation and life everlasting; grace did not come through our own human efforts; (c) it is the gift of God; that is, grace is a present from the Father, given voluntary to those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believe in him, and walk by faith in his righteousness, grace was not given because we fasted, prayed or petitioned the Father to have mercy on humanity; the Father gave grace freely because of his love for humanity. ref. (John 3:16).
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT:
Points to ponder, (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. brethren, we receive grace and the gift of salvation through faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; grace was not given through our own human efforts that anyone should glory in the eyes of men but it was given through Jesus Christ before the world began, (2 Timothy 1:9), according to the Father's own purposes to do away with death, and bring life and ungodliness to light by preaching the truth of kingdom of heaven unto planet earth..
Fruits of thoughts, (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Je'sus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. that is, we are the Father's perfect creation; formed in Christ Jesus for higher callings, which the Father officially pre destine before the foundation of the world that we should take charges to manifest on planet earth: believers, we are not on planet earth by our own choices, there are reasons and purposes why we were born; and those reasons and purposes are placed in our blueprints of life; to find our purposes in life, we are to pray to our Father for revelations of his purposes and wills in our lives and to direct our ways in life to fulfill our god given assignments by the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
CONCLUSION:
Brethren, May the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the love of the Father, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Ghost abide with us all forever and evermore! Amen and Amen!
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(KJV.) Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of A'bra-ham; who is the father of us all.
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