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Amen.

Well, last night I started out of Ephesians chapter two sharing about the balance between grace and faith.

And last night we just basically focused on that these are two separate things that need to be combined to be able to see the power of God released in your life.

And the body of Christ as a whole is divided between those who emphasize the grace of God alone at the exclusion of the

truth of faith or those who emphasize faith alone at the exclusion of grace. And both of those are wrong if you take them

independent of each other. Ephesians 2-8 says, for by grace or you save

through faith, it's the combination of grace and faith together that releases

the power of God. Grace or faith taken by themselves at the exclusion of the other one is actually

disastrous. It'll destroy you.

And so last night what I did was talk about people who have emphasized that everything is just up to God, the grace of God,

to the exclusion of the fact that we have a part to play in what God does.

And I talked specifically last night about the extreme

sovereignty of God teaching where people blame God for every single thing that happens

to us.

And I believe in my opinion that that is the worst doctrine in the body of Christ today because

it just renders people passive.

If God is controlling everything, what's the point in us seeking God, praying,

studying the word, doing anything because after all, K K

Sirra, whatever will be will be, it's just up to God. And that's where a large segment of the body of Christ is. And that

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