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SAVED
BY GRACE
1)
Eph. 2:8-9 -
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and
this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no
one can boast.
2)
Titus 3:5 -
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because
of his
mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the
Holy
Spirit,
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It
is clear that we are
saved by grace and not by works. But
what does it mean to be "saved by grace?" Many people think
that "saved by grace" means that it doesn't matter what we do
as
Christians, but this belief contradicts hundreds of scriptures in the
Bible. "Saved by
grace" means
that God chose us, rather than we chose Him or did something else to
obtain our
salvation. The
following verses illustrate
what it means to be "saved by grace":
Eph. 1:4-7,
Eph. 2:4-5,
1 Cor. 1:30,
Gal. 1:15-16,
2 Tim. 1:9,
Rom. 9:11-16,
and:
Rom.
11:5 - So too, at the
present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
And if by grace, then
it is no
longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be
grace.
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