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To: boatbums

Yes its the word, but you are reading it backwards.

The salvation, according to that sentence is through FAITH, which faith is made available by the grace of Yehova.

It definitely does not say that the grace is the source of salvation.

Nice try though!
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550 posted on 07/20/2017 7:17:05 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
Yes its the word

Thanks, glad you at least recognize Scripture DOES say we are saved by grace through faith and that not of ourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. That's all I asked.

It definitely does not say that the grace is the source of salvation. Nice try though!

Excuse me! Scripture most certainly DOES say that grace is the source of our salvation. How else can someone be made righteous without the grace of God? Paul stated:

    For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness,…..It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. (Romans 4:3-5;13-16)

659 posted on 07/20/2017 6:44:12 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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