7/06/26 BOTH DIVINE AND HUMAN
Knowing about the death of Christ does not save anyone.
This statement does not demean the sacrifice of Christ; it simply recognizes the Biblical record of the Divine plan.
Jesus died and rose again, but there are people who are not saved.
Some people were told about the death and resurrection of Christ, but they were never saved.
Some people witnessed the death and resurrection of Christ, but they were never saved.
Some people have believed the report of the death and resurrection of Christ, but they were never saved.
There is NO SALVATION without the death and resurrection of Christ, but there is no salvation without saving faith in the death and resurrection of Christ.
The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross and His victory over death are Divine essentials for our salvation. God provided this.
Saving faith in Christ as Lord, confession of, and turning from sin are human essentials to our salvation. God requires and enables this.
We can't do God's part, and God won't do our part. This is God's design.
We are not saved by the "law of works," but we are saved by the "law of faith."
Romans 3:27
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
The "law of faith" is contrary to the "law of works."
Faith (saving faith) is not a human invention or endeavor; it is a Divine plan and provision.
Faith is not self-salvation or self-reliance; it is self-denial, self-surrender to God, and total dependence on God.
The Bible tells us that we become and continue to be His children by faith, we are saved by grace through faith, we are justified by faith, we are sanctified by faith, our hearts are purified by faith, we have access to His grace by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness by faith, Christ dwells in our hearts by faith, and God enables His people to "stand by faith," "live by faith," "walk by faith," "overcome the world" by faith, obey and please God by faith, pull down spiritual strongholds by faith and faith secures the unseeable. Faith is God working in us.
To trust and obey is not a work of the flesh; it is a work of faith.
