May 30, something to boast about.

By grace you have been saved through faith,

and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God,

not a result of works so that no one may boast

Ephesians 2, 8, and 9. The New Testament correlates faith

and grace to make sure that we do not boast

in what grace alone achieves. One of the most familiar examples

is Ephesians 2, 8. By grace through faith.

There's the correlation that guards the freedom of grace.

By grace through faith. Faith is the act of our soul

that turns away from our insufficiency to the free

and all sufficient resources of God. Faith focuses on the freedom of God

to dispense grace to the unworthy. It banks on the bounty of God,

therefore faith by its very nature nullifies

posting and fits with grace. Wherever faith looks,

it sees grace behind every praiseworthy act.

So it cannot boast, except in the Lord, the author of grace.

So Paul, after saying that salvation is by grace through faith, says,

and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God,

not a result of works so that no one may boast

Ephesians 2, 8, and 9.

Faith cannot boast in human goodness or competence or wisdom

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