does grace requires conditions?

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jackdove

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GRACE REQUIRES CONDITIONS
Mostprofessing “ Christians” and many teachings of what is called “traditionalChristianity” say there are no conditions, nothing that we must do to receiveGods glorious grace. They deny that God requires obedience to His law! They twist the truth around by saying thatwould be earning ones salvation! They do demand it of God, while they stillrebel against His law and refuse to keep it!
Think wherethat would lead! Understand this! Eternal life is , indeed, Gods free gift. Youcan earn it! But it is not your right! You cannot demand it of God as yourright, while you defy God, rebel against His government, refuse to let Him ruleyour life His way!
ThereforeGod has imposed CONDITIONS! Those conditions do not earn you a thing. But Godgives His Holy Spirit to those who obey Him(Acts 5:32) He does not pay it- butthe passage speaks of the Holy Spirit which “God hath given to them that obeyHim.” It is still a free GIFT.
A rich manmight have seven men standing before him, and say, “ I will give, as my freegift of Rs 10000 to any or all of you who will step forward to receive it.”Their stepping forward does not EARN it. It is merely the condition required toreceive the free GIFT.
The word“GRACE” means unmerited, undeserved pardon! God pardons those who REPENT! And “repent” means to turn from rebellion,hostility, disobedience. “Repent” ,means to turn to obedience to Gods law. Thefact that God chooses not to give this wonderful gift- this gift ofimmortality, which carries with it divine power- to those who would misuse itfor harm and evil; the fact that He chooses to give it only to those who willrightly use it- does not mean it comes by works instead of grace. If there wereno conditions, then everyone could demand it, and it would be received as aright by birth, instead of by grace.
The veryfact of grace makes necessary Gods required qualifications. But it still is anundeserved GIFT! Obedience does not earn anything-that is only what we owe God.A birthright requires no qualification. It is a right by birth.

 
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HelenTn

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hmm...first time i heard Grace need condition. and this condition is to receive this gift ;) (what a relief :D) and when i was saved i don know anything about what is Grace means, till now still not really know thoroughly what Grace is about. Can i know which verse you are stating Grace also means repent? thanks
 
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paulr

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GRACE REQUIRES CONDITIONS
Mostprofessing “ Christians” and many teachings of what is called “traditionalChristianity” say there are no conditions, nothing that we must do to receiveGods glorious grace. They deny that God requires obedience to His law! They twist the truth around by saying thatwould be earning ones salvation! They do demand it of God, while they stillrebel against His law and refuse to keep it!
That is a true point, i would like to relate this always with Israel, as I feel we constantly resemble them even today. God's grace is free, but the first thing we must to achieve it is repent as Jesus said "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand". The fact that God gave us the right to be called His children through His son Jesus, but we take things for granted as Israel did and does in the entire OT and NT. Today, we who were not Israel are called His children by His grace, but we also fail in the same area as Israel does. Not everyone who took to journey from Egypt to Canaan reached the destination, except for the ones who lived in faith. So, Yes we have to play the role of living a life faith to reach the destination and not let His grace go in futile.
 
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savedNblessed

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Grace is not earned. We can only accept it. But we can only accept it when we truly know it's not earned. Also, like mentioned in original post, grace doesn't give us a free license to sin but instead it's a tool to help us keep God's commandements. Modern Christians has watered down this Gospel of Jesus about repentance. Before it used to be "repent and turn from your sins because God is gracious through Jesus." Now it's only "turn because God is gracious." We truly live in a fallen, decieved and mislead world.
 
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jimmydiggs

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Grace is not conditional. It's not even conditional upon your faith, because your faith is given to you by God.

Ephesians 2:8-9
[SUP]8 [/SUP]For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [SUP]9 [/SUP]not by works, so that no one can boast. [SUP]10 [/SUP]For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
 
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savedNblessed

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Very true!!
Grace is not conditional. It's not even conditional upon your faith, because your faith is given to you by God.

Ephesians 2:8-9
[SUP]8 [/SUP]For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [SUP]9 [/SUP]not by works, so that no one can boast. [SUP]10 [/SUP]For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.