SALVATION IS 100% GOD'S WORK and GOD'S GIFT
Image from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZFtODifhiUOyy18FyWkoZ7JJvYowE4NLsIu-IEPAE2R0mI4-6btH5ZDjgnUQ9eA5Eza8EFKi2DxkJOVDJQKIDUfXwI4obD5Rssrt6sIGvxIA7A76BInFDYeltLGXn4Ug0Y6C8cR1zCA/s1600/ephsians_2-89.jpg There are many schools of thought (I don't know if this is the right term) on Salvation. Well, I only know two. The first one is that salvation is 100% God's work and God's gift. The second one is that salvation is MOSTLY God's work, however, man has a part in salvation because he is the one who “accepts” this salvation. Without this “acceptance”, salvation is not consummated (to use a legal term). In other words, salvation is MOSTLY God's work plus man's use of his free will. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: “For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so that no one can boast.” The first verse says that “we are saved through faith”. That'...