For example . . .
CCWoody and w_over_w are?
a. Sons of God with full Sonship rights.
b. Joint heirs with Christ.
c. Seated in the heavenly.
d. Children of light.
e. More than conquerors through Christ.
f. Righteous, Justified, Redeemed and Sanctified.
g. Reigning like Kings.
h. Infused with the Spirit of the most high God.
i. Transformed by the power of The Word.
j. All the above plus an eternal list other blessings.
. . . again have a blessed day!
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I'll take "a"-"j" obtained through a generous dose of grace which is shed out abundantly for us, given to us before time began, and manifested in these last days by the appearance of Christ Jesus.
Now, if you will permit me to answer your question:
We could not save ourselves so by the grace of God (only) and the accomplished works of His Son Jesus we (mankind) could be saved. Let me ask you something . . . when you did Roms. 10:9,10 did you choose to act on your beliefs or were you forced?
As to your first statement, I agree that it is utterly impossible for us to save ourselves. Salvation may be obtained only by the shed grace of God being given to us.
Romans 10:9-10 ... if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
Luke 6:45 "A good man out of the good treasures of his heart brings forth good; and evil man out of the evil treasures of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."
And we do know that scriptures declare to us:
"By grace ye are saved."
Now, if we are to believe the Lord, my confession of the Lord Jesus must be spoken from the abundance of my heart. And the Lord Himself has explicitly declared to me that if I have an evil heart then I will bring forth evil treasures and if I have a good heart then I will bring forth good treasures, including the treasure of confessing Jesus as Lord and Savior. In order for my salvation to be by grace then even my confession must be a direct result of the grace of God.
However, what I have been endeavoring to show is that a salvation which provides for the possible salvation of all men, but the certainty of the salvation of no man CANNOT of necessity be a salvation of grace. For if the grace of God has provided for a possibility of salvation but NOT the certainty of salvation, then there must be something else that will "tip the scales" so to speak of a man's salvation or damnation.
No matter how small...
... if this something is by grace, then God alone elects persons to salvation through the gift of that grace. Man is saved solely by grace.
... if this something is by man, then man alone elects himself to salvation apart from grace. Man is saved apart from grace.