Post by broncbuster2 on Jan 7, 2008 17:45:33 GMT -5
Bible Study Verse
Ephesians 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. (NIV)
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Thoughts
Gifts come in many forms: the gift of sight,
to see the
mountains and animals; the gift of hearing,
to hear a
bull elk bugle or a goose calling; the gift of
the deer I
killed that happened to be where I could
see it.
So
what is the gift from God?
(A) Grace
(B) Salvation
(C) Faith (D) All of the above.
You
answer, "D". Yep,
you got it. As the verse reads, the
emphasis of the gift
focuses on grace and faith. Romans
10:17 says that
faith comes from hearing, and hearing
from the word
of God, the Bible. Therefore, by applying
this principle,
God gives us the faith to believe in Jesus;
therefore,
God gives us salvation from our sins; and,
therefore,
salvation is ours because of God's gift of
grace. The
overriding principle here is that all three
are gifts from
God. God gave us the mountains, the
rivers, the sea,
the sky, and the animals that we enjoy. We
didn't
create them. Similarly, we can't "create" or
earn our
salvation. It comes from God and God
alone. By the
way, I've often heard grace defined
as "God's riches at
Christ's expense." Good definition; but I
believe one
word should be changed and that the
phrase should
read, "God's redemption at Christ's
expense." Either
way, I want it! (CS)
Action Point
Unwrap God's presents to you today: faith,
salvation,
and grace. Accept that they are gifts, and
that there is
no repayment necessary; just believe in
Christ and be
saved.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sportsmen's Tip of the
Day
Give a gift to your children or
grand children that they
can't have any other way--the gift of your
time in the
outdoors. It's a gift they will never forget!
Ephesians 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. (NIV)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts
Gifts come in many forms: the gift of sight,
to see the
mountains and animals; the gift of hearing,
to hear a
bull elk bugle or a goose calling; the gift of
the deer I
killed that happened to be where I could
see it.
So
what is the gift from God?
(A) Grace
(B) Salvation
(C) Faith (D) All of the above.
You
answer, "D". Yep,
you got it. As the verse reads, the
emphasis of the gift
focuses on grace and faith. Romans
10:17 says that
faith comes from hearing, and hearing
from the word
of God, the Bible. Therefore, by applying
this principle,
God gives us the faith to believe in Jesus;
therefore,
God gives us salvation from our sins; and,
therefore,
salvation is ours because of God's gift of
grace. The
overriding principle here is that all three
are gifts from
God. God gave us the mountains, the
rivers, the sea,
the sky, and the animals that we enjoy. We
didn't
create them. Similarly, we can't "create" or
earn our
salvation. It comes from God and God
alone. By the
way, I've often heard grace defined
as "God's riches at
Christ's expense." Good definition; but I
believe one
word should be changed and that the
phrase should
read, "God's redemption at Christ's
expense." Either
way, I want it! (CS)
Action Point
Unwrap God's presents to you today: faith,
salvation,
and grace. Accept that they are gifts, and
that there is
no repayment necessary; just believe in
Christ and be
saved.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sportsmen's Tip of the
Day
Give a gift to your children or
grand children that they
can't have any other way--the gift of your
time in the
outdoors. It's a gift they will never forget!