So I guess the Apostle was teaching "cockiness" when he wrote this?
Ephesians 2: 8 .) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 .) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 .) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2: 8 .) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 .) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 .) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
If you read my previous post you would have seen that I said there are works....and works. There are works of the flesh that will never secure salvation...and then there are works that follow salvation: the second kind are the works we are called to in the Ephesians verses you quoted.
By grace we are saved, through faith, not of works (the first kind) lest any man should boast. But being born again it means that WE are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works (the second kind) which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Thank you again for proving the point.