A previous video discussed the big ideas of Romans 1-4. This video explains the remainder of the book of Romans. Many people find the book of Romans difficult to understand, but these videos make the big ideas of the book much easier to grasp. Enjoy… (more…)
God provided the grace, faith received the gift. Jesus connected personal faith in Him to our eternal salvation. But Jesus also demanded good works to go along with faith.
Then there is St. Paul. The apostle is known as the foremost advocate of justification by faith. St. Paul is not opposing faith to ethical works but to the “works of the Law.”
When we come to Christ as sinners, we have no works to offer to Him, but only faith and repentance. But once we come to Him and receive the gift of salvation, we enter into a sacred covenant to honor Him with good works.
I still thought I had to attain a certain spiritual level of awesomeness before I could really receive grace.
That was until I read Roman 4:5, which I’d read plenty of times before, but that particular night God made it jump out of the page: “and to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.” Romans 4:5