Choice Two: Romans 2-5 Faith, Grace, and Works
|
Faith and Grace
|
Good Works
|
|
·
God will justify us when we are judged. (Rom
2:4)
·
Righteousness of God is by Faith in Christ.
(Rom 3:22)
·
Justice by grace through the redemption. (Rom
3:24)
·
Grace can only come to us through our faith in
Christ. (Rom 3:25)
·
Justice comes by faith. (Rom 3:28)
·
Law established through faith. (Rom 3:31)
·
Faith in Christ is righteousness. (Rom 4:5)
·
Ye are justified of faith and works, through
grace. (Rom 4:16)
·
Being justified by faith, we have peace with
God. (Rom 5:1)
·
We have access by faith into this grace. (Rom
5:2)
·
Grace reign through righteousness unto eternal
life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 5:21)
|
·
Patient continuance in well doingàeternal
life. (Rom 2:7)
·
Glory, honor, peace for those that to good.
(Rom 2:10)
·
Ye are justified of faith and works, through
grace. (Rom 4:16)
·
Strong in faith, giving glory to God;
And being fully persuaded
that, what he had promised… he was able also to perform… And therefore it was
imputed to him for righteousness. (Rom 4:20)
|
2 Ne. 25:23 helps me to better understand the relationship
between Faith, Grace, and Good Works. Faith and good works come before grace.
Grace is given to us after we have exercised faith in Christ and done good
works.
I think that Paul chose Abraham as a model of faith because
Abraham had to live by faith if he was to be a father of nations. His wife was barren,
and unlikely to have children. He probably wondered at times, “how am I
supposed to become a father of nations when my wife cannot have children?” But
he had faith that things would work out, and they did!
We can learn from Abraham, when we have faith that God can
make anything happen, we will be blessed and it will be counted unto us for
righteousness. I guess I need to take some lessons from Father Abraham because
I second guess a lot of things, and I just need to have faith. Everything will
work out. It will.
No comments:
Post a Comment