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Foundations of the Faith
Eight Foundations
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"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Ephesians 2:8-10
grace
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"For by grace..."
What Is Grace? Bible Definition and Christian Quotes
Christianity.com
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"Grace is the opposite of karma, which is all about getting what you deserve. Grace is getting what you don’t deserve."
God's Grace - 6 Ways to Understand Its True Meaning
Biblestudytools.com
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"What is the grace of God? Simply put it is God's favor and kindness toward us. God rains down grace on all mankind."
Salvation
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"...you have been saved..."
What Is Salvation? (Why It's Needed and How to Get It)
Crosswalk.com
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"The most common meaning of salvation is to be saved by God from the consequences of our sin. But the Bible speaks of our salvation in a bit fuller terms than simply being rescued from hell."
What is the Christian doctrine of salvation?
Gotquestions.org
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"A definition of the Christian doctrine of salvation would be 'The deliverance, by the grace of God, from eternal punishment for sin which is granted to those who accept by faith God’s conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus.” Salvation is available in Jesus alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12) and is dependent on God alone for provision, assurance, and security.'"
faith
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"...through faith."
What is Faith? Bible Meaning and Importance for Christians
Christianity.com
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"The closest that the Bible comes to offering an exact definition is Hebrews 11:1: 'Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.' From this particular passage, we see that the central feature of faith—confidence or trust. In the Bible, the object of faith is God and his promises."
What Is Faith?
Thegospelcoalition.org (Canada)
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"You have to truly believe in something – or Someone – in order to completely upend your life as Abraham does in this story."
Justification
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"And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
What Are Justification and Sanctification?
Ligonier.org
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"Justification is as simple as A-B-C-D. Justification is an act of God. It does not describe the way that God inwardly renews and changes a person. It is, rather, a legal declaration in which God pardons the sinner of all his sins and accepts and accounts the sinner as righteous in His sight. God declares the sinner righteous at the very moment that the sinner puts his trust in Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:21-26, 5:16;
2 Cor. 5:21)".
What is justification?
Gotquestions.org
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"Properly understood, justification has to do with God’s declaration about the sinner, not any change within the sinner. That is, justification, per se, does not make anyone holy; it simply declares him to be not guilty before God and therefore treated as holy. The actual change toward holiness in the sinner occurs with sanctification, which is related to justification but, for definition’s sake, distinct from it."
jesus/God
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"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus..."
Who is Jesus Christ?
Gotquestions.org
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"C. S. Lewis in his book Mere Christianity writes the following: 'I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus Christ]: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that option open to us. He did not intend to” (Macmillan, 1952, p. 55–56)."
Who is Jesus Christ?
Bible.org
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"The predominant theme of the Scriptures is the Person and the work of Jesus Christ. He is God. He became a human being, died by crucifixion, and was buried. He rose again from the dead. He is the only, all-sufficient Savior of the world. He will come again to this earth. Removing this from the Scriptures robs them of all coherent meaning and continuity."
The church
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"...created in Christ Jesus for good works,"
What is the Church?
FocusontheFamily.com
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"The Christian church is not a building, but a body of believers united in Christ. Its role is to worship God, nurture and edify and reach out to a suffering world with the saving message of the gospel as well as the practical compassion and mercy exemplified in Christ."
What is the Church? Its Role and Purpose
According to the Bible?
Biblestudytools.com
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"It is worth mentioning that in the New Testament, no synagogue, temple, chapel, tabernacle, building or any other meeting place was ever called a “church.” The term always referred to the Christian assembly and, in the New Testament, it was used for both the local community of believers and the overall collection of Christians."
Ephesians 2:10
Bibleref.com
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"It is worth mentioning that in the New Testament, no synagogue, temple, chapel, tabernacle, building or any other meeting place was ever called a “church.” The term always referred to the Christian assembly and, in the New Testament, it was used for both the local community of believers and the overall collection of Christians."
The Scripture
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"...which God prepared beforehand..."
How Did We Get the Bible?
Lifeway.com
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"Considering the prominence and accessibility of the Bible today, one would be right to ask where this book came from. Unlike just about any other book, we can't simply call up the publisher's public relations department or send an email to the author. But like other books, the Bible we hold in our hands today (or read on our smartphones) had an origin and development. Although we would be fully accurate in saying that the Bible came from God, it's also accurate to say that the Bible was written by human authors. The formation of the Bible is an amazing process."
God's Ultimate Purpose
Lifeway.com
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A study of Romans 9:23-24 - John Piper
"The word 'prepared' underlines that this is all of mercy. We did not make ourselves fit to know God’s glory. God did. And he did it out of 'the same lump' of clay that others came from who do not see or love the glory of God (Romans 9:21). If you see and savor the glory of God today, you didn’t get to be that way on your own. You were shaped and molded and sometimes pounded into a vessel able to know the glory of God. This word 'prepared beforehand' simply underlines and emphasizes that our ability to see and savor God’s glory is all because of his mercy."
What Does Ephesians 2:10 Mean?
Bibleref.com
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"Interestingly, God prepared what He wanted us to do for Him long ago. He has already planned what He wants us to do with our lives."
christian living
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"...that we should walk in them."
Walking in Good Works
Ligonier.org
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"What does that look like? If our works are 'prepared beforehand,' what do we do? Paul says we 'walk in them,' the same phrase he used to describe our life in sin. Good works become as much a part of our lives as our own pursuits were before. In other words, at the most basic level, we show up."
The Agreement of Salvation By Grace
With Walking in Good Works
Spurgeon.org
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"So, then, dear friends, these good works must be in the Christian. They are not the root, but the fruit of his salvation. They are not the way of the believer’s salvation; they are his walk in the way of salvation."
Ephesians 2:10: Created for Good Works
Zondervanacademic.com
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"No, our works do not earn our salvation. But our salvation should indeed lead us to a life of good works, works God has prepared 'for us to do.'”
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