***The bottom line: all salvation comes from the grace of Christ’s Sacrifice....***
I accept your clarification. And, I will have more to say, but a salvation that comes from grace is still NOT a salvation by grace, but is at best a salvation by the USE of grace.
The question remains to be answered: What must I do to be saved?
Some men say you can be saved if you will....
Other men say that it is the Lord alone who saves. When his grace was shed, men were saved.
***The means by which this Grace saves us is either:
1. Through free will cooperation or...
2. Through predestination that does not involve free will.
Personally, I prefer the former. I see no hope or love in the latter position.***
The grace in #1 doesn’t save. The use of the grace saves. Provision for salvation may come from God, but the power to make it real comes from men.
In #2, there is a false dichotomy between predestination and volition.
Therefore, I neither believe #1 or #2.
Amen.
The use of the grace saves. Provision for salvation may come from God, but the power to make it real comes from men.
Amen again!
Remind me again, what do we disagree about? hehe