Bible Verse of the Day - May 24, 2021

[Daily Bible Verse]

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May God Bless You With Joy, Peace, Happiness.

 

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[Hidden In Him]

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May God Bless You With Joy, Peace, Happiness.

You know what? Maybe not everyone will receive this, but I just noticed something interesting about this passage. I have always understood the phrase "we are not saved by works" to refer specifically to works of the law, such as observing circumcision and Jewish unclean food laws.

Well if you look at the passage in context this seems to confirm it, because he immediately follows "not saved by works [of the law]" with us being "created to do good works."

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

After noticing this, I am all the more convinced now that the principle of us "not being saved by works" applies specifically to works of the Jewish law having no effect on things. Good works, however, are precisely what we have been created in Christ Jesus for, so leaving these things out would be to defeat the very purpose of grace.

@marks. Tell me what you think here.

Actually, you can respond here if you'd like, but I decided to create a separate thread for it as well:
Good Works Vs Works Of The Law