Ephesians 2:8
8 For [gar] by grace [charis] are ye [este] saved [sozo] through [dia] faith; [pistis] and [kai] that [touto] not [ou] of [ek] yourselves: [humon] it is
the gift [doron] of God: [theos] KJV-Interlinear
8 For
by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God; NASB
Grace is the foundation
of Gods policy toward humanity.
Grace means favor. This is
Gods courtesy, Gods kindness, Gods provision, that were it not for His grace,
then even Salvation would not exist, along with all of creation.
Through faith, is the
expression that eliminates mans works, mans merit. There is nothing whatsoever that man can do
to earn or deserve or provide salvation for himself.
Faith is
non-meritorious. Faith is a mere
thought. Faith is a trust, a reliance, a
belief, a confidence of knowing that all that we have been told and know about
God and His plan and His works, are in fact true and accurate, and more than
that, that they are very real, and not imaginary or invented empty hopes.
All of mans philosophies
and religions and theories and attitudes and beliefs, are nothing more than hopes
and wishes in things that are not real, in so far as they place man at the
center of his own existence, with complete indifference toward God.
Man is not destined to
rule the galaxies. Man is not destined
to be one with nature or the universe.
Man is not destined to live and re-live his life while on a journey to
some greater existence or accomplishment.
Mans works are rejected
by God, as mans works are arrogance and nothing more.
Man is dust, and to
presume that dust can accomplish something that God cannot, is pure
foolishness.
To presume that dust can
accomplish anything is foolishness. Dust
is not even responsible nor due any credit for its own attributes.
Not of yourselves, is a
phrase that totally and completely eliminates mans effort in salvation.
Salvation is Gods gift to
us. A gift does not come from the object
of the gift, but it comes only from the source.
Man does not grant to himself, a gift from God. Gods gift is completely due to His favor.
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