This leads to the Free Grace emphasis on assurance of salvation, again based on the basic promises in John’s Gospel, that belief is all that is necessary for salvation. Much comfort for us in this; for if our salvation be of mere grace, and depend not on our own worth, endeavour, and holiness, why should we fear? North Bay, ON, P1B 0C7, Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, Blue Ridge Institute for Theological Education, Quakertown Conference on Reformed Theology, International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. God's grace enables us to be all that God intends us to be. The grace is because of His love; God is love. God's response to our need for Grace is found in Christ. Salvation is the idea that humans can be saved from sin through faith in Jesus. If this is a fallen world and we can produce nothing good apart from God, then this grace has to come from outside of us. The obvious place to focus these reflections is Paul’s statement to the Ephesians, ‘For by grace you have been saved through faith. There is a grace of God available for you. So, as we continue our reflections on the many-sided beauty of God’s grace revealed in Scripture, I want to focus in this article on its immensity in salvation. If salvation is by Grace, the graceless may be saved, prodigals may venture home, the vilest may be cleansed. They set Protestants apart in a unique way as those who place ultimate and final authority in the Scriptures, acknowledge the work of Christ alone as sufficient for redemption, recognize that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone, and seek to not only give God all of the glory but to do all things vocationally for his glory. The grace of God refers to all the blessings in life that are given by God. The word salvation is defined as “the act of being delivered, redeemed, or rescued.” Then, using biblical truth through verse, I will explain what I believe to be the correct answer to a very complex question. Their (our) plight could not be bleaker. Grace is the God’s part in our salvation. But what is so striking in what Paul says about it is that salvation is its centrepiece. For that reason, having come to the end of Abraham’s story in Genesis, in the second part of this sermon I’ll unpack a few aspects of how Abraham was understood in NT times and by the NT authors. God's grace allows us to pursue good works. There is no man better than another. 25:31–46). Paul implied as much to Titus: "The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of … Because restoration and new creation will be brought about and secured ‘in Christ’. Now think about this, do we deserve it? 2:11). At the moment of faith in Christ, we immediately have access to God in prayer, ROM 5:2, EPH 2:18; EPH 3:12.We have access to the Father in prayer when we are in fellowship with Him through the Filling of the Spirit. Instead he frames it in terms of God’s ultimate purpose in the eschaton which will eclipse the beauty of Eden in every way. That is a grace that can help you know that that is. Salvation by grace implies that grace is always first. Paul tells us, “the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self … Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Therein lies the magnitude of grace: it entailed the humiliation and immolation of the Son that through his exaltation his people would share in the glory he secured for sinners. This immeasurable gift was given to you when you believed. Beyond the shelter walls, Grace Place provides case management to nearly 50 sites throughout four counties. Salvation by faith “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. It is the culmination of a chapter and a half of some of the most profound doctrinal reasoning found anywhere in Scripture. – All spiritual blessings in the heavenly places where we are seated with him! He brings us into the realm of  ‘the eternal decree’. Home Economics: Food and Nutrition (CCEA). 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