Grace through Faith
Is it all our step of faith and so our salvation is based soley on what we do with the grace we are offered?
Grace - God's grace is given universally to everyone. The only people who are not saved are those who continue to fight against this grace. Thus, it's not a matter of "God has done everything and we simply have to take the next step," but a matter of "He has done everything and in order to accept it we simply need to stop fighting." It's not a pro-active step, but it's "stop resisting" (The only unforgivable sin is resisting the Holy Spirit until the day you die)
If it is by Grace through faith and faith is a gift from God and God only gives that gift to those whom He has chosen, what about James' writing on faith without deeds is dead? Why would God give the gift of faith to those whome He has chosen if He knew full well that they may not do the deeds and kill the faith. If God can know that they'll have a "live" faith, than how can He not know that they will also believe in Him and thus give them the gift of faith under those circumstances?
My thoughts.
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