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It is by Grace that you have been saved, through Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, Not of works so that no one can boast. For we are His workmanship, created unto good works in Christ Jesus, which God has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 
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A few Christian Churches teach that Christians are saved by a combination of faith plus works, that we cannot be saved by faith in the atoning work of Christ alone. The Bible, on the otherhand, teaches that
God has designed our salvation to be accomplished by
faith and not works, so that we will never be arrogant
in our own accomplishments. Good works come afterwards,
as an affirmation of the saving Grace of God in our lives,
and were prepared by God in advance -- we don't even get
to brag that we thought of doing them! |