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What is God's grace?

Sunday April 19, 2009

I am of the opinion that many in the Body of Messiah are confused over the issues of God’s grace & legalism.  I also think that these individuals who are confused do not personally believe they are confused & to them what they believe makes perfect sense.  However, for me, the explainations I have recieved from them for thier beliefs do not line up with Scripture.
I am told God’s grace free’s us from the Law in Messiah Yeshua.  This I believe.  But, why all the emphasis on the "we can do nothing" part?  I have asked large groups of people to recite Ephesians 2:8-9, which they can do readily, but when asked to recite verse 2:10 this they can not do…maybe you can recite it without looking it up…if not here it is:
For we are His (God’s) workmanship created in Messiah Yeshua for good works which He prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."
We were not saved by works, but we were saved to do good works which "God has prepared beforehand."  Therefore, God’s grace was Yeshua’s atonement on our behalf & the giving of the Spirit (Who moved in the Prophets 1 Peter 1:10-11), Who now illuminates within us what He moved the prophets to write about & what they wrote about was God’s Rightousness in Yeshua & how to do right in His eyes by following His commands.  So, where is the list of these works?  In the Torah, the Prophets & the writings…for when Sha’ul (Paul) wrote Ephesians there were no "Newer Testament" writings regarded as Scripture yet.  Therefore, the "Good Works" were listed for the people in the Bible as they knew it…and now we are being asked to disregard these commands?
Tomorrow, I will tackle the issue of Torah Observance, or are we being Torah conformed?

Submitted by: DonMeecha, April 18th, 2009 Topic: Education Forums
Tags: Messianic Forum

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DonMeecha commented on October 07, 2009:

I believe God's grace is His revelation of Himself to man. This comes in many forms: uniquely in the garden with Adam, that by this unique relationship all men would have some form of knowlegde of God (for we were in Adam's loins). By His revelation to Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job and others until the giving of the Torah to Moses. That event, the giving of the Torah was, totally grace! Prior to that who knew what God desired? Or, how to appraoch Him. No one had recorded what Moses what about to record; His presence in the Cloud, the Fire & the Rock (1 Corinthians 10:1-11). What was revealed on the mountain and given to Israel, God would travel with them, was the greatest act of grace until the coming of Messiah Yeshua and the Ruach HaKodesh...I believe it is all grace....

Ahavalou commented on April 19, 2009:

I like this and wholeheardedly agree. It is amazing to me that people do not read the full scripture but only take what fits their position. Just like Matthew 5: 17-20 stopping at the 17th verse or halfway through it.

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