The question is whose faith is it? Is it my faith that I must produce, or is it God’s faith that is given to me?
Faith is a gift, that we can not of our own will do enough to receive, but yet it is freely given to us, by God working in us. If we say that it is our faith, then it is something we are working on, and have it to be ours, and it will not allow us the freedom of the gift, because it will not get us to God’s kingdom. If however we understand that the working of God in us gives us the faith that he has for us, then it is a gift that will allow us to do good works, over abundantly. These works will not be forced, yet flow from us, and we will amaze even our selves if we do not get in God’s way working out the faith in us.
God loved us and gave us this gift, so that we might be free from sin, yet slave to grace. Slave to grace in that we serve God, through the freedom His grace has given us.
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