"For by grace you have been saved, through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should
boast". (Eph 2:8,9).
It is important to see here that by God's grace we have been saved. It
is not by works. Salvation is all that God does in taking a fallen man
and making him into a son of God - righteous, holy and glorified.
Legally it all belongs to us now. God's grace works to make it a reality
in our being. First God saves
our spirits, making us born again.
Then
in this life He saves our souls - our minds, emotions and wills, as the
process of sanctification in this life unfolds. He also saves our bodies
- firstly in part through divine healing and health, and then eternally
through the resurrection and redemption of our bodies (Romans 8:23).
All this, and anything else which God does in salvation, is strictly on
the basis of God's grace. God's gift, not our works, made it all
possible.
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