NO CONFUSION ABOUT GRACE

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Galatians 3:22
But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.

Yes for it is by faith we are saved through grace. The grace of God. 

Ephesians 2:8-9
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
(we will read verse 10 later) 

Where then is the mix up?

Romans 6:1-2,6-7,11-15
Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?
Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!

This is were the mix up comes in. It is not blowing hot and cold. No it is not mixing grace with the law. No. It is instructing that we live the life we have been born into. 

Neither Good works, human righteousness or the law can save anyone. However when you are saved, you are saved to do good works. 

Ephesians 2:10 
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

So there is no confusion! 

We must live the life we possess. 

Colossians 1:10
 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

He calls you blessed. 

Love
@the watcher. 

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