What you do not understand?
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2 And
you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the [
a]course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But
God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised
us up together, and made
us sit together in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in
His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
1. We were dead (the wage of sin is death rom 6))
2. We have been made alive (the gift of God is eternal life (rom 6)
3. This happens when we are saved (by grace we have been saved a completed action)
4. This salvation was By grace (Gods gift. based on Gods love, based on Gods mercy based on Gods death)
It is not of ourseleves. not of anything we did. It is recieved in faith.
romans 4:
4 What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 4 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted [c]as grace but as debt.
David Celebrates the Same Truth
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”
Paul in romans 4 is talking about being justified, About not having your sin imputed to you
1. It is not by works, But by the faith of abraham he was found (justified)
2. If Abraham would have worked for it. it would not be counted as grace (freely given) but as debt (in other words. You incured more debt. why? Because your in sin.. everything you try to do with works is sin, and just increases the debt you have against God)
3. The one saved or given grace is him who does not work. but believes in Christ, it is he who is justied. it is he who God will nto impute sin (is condemned)
