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(Ephesians 2:8-10)
Introduct ion:
When you put in your 40 hours and get paid, you don’t thank
your employer for his gift, it is earned.
You are receiving what you earned. Paul says the workman is
worthy of his wages. If he paid you when you didn’t work, then
you would be thankful.
The salvation which God provides His people is purely
gratuitous. If we had earned it, we could thank ourselves and not
God. We would have room to boast.
But we did not earn it; we could never earn it. Rather, He
gives it to us freely by His grace.
A. Context.
1. Vv. 8-10 confirm the preceding statement that we own
our salvation solely to the grace of God. .
4. For this reason Paul says, ”Let him who boasts, boast in
the Lord” ( 1 Cor. 1: 31 1.
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D. Although You Did Not Merit It, Yet this Grace is Merited.
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(il Grace is first received in baptism.
(iil It is added to by receiving the sacraments.
(iiil They cooperate with the grace of God and earn
congruent merit.
(ivl A person may supererogate: go beyond what is
required .
(vl If he earns sufficient merit, he is justified.
(vil So besides God’s grace, there is room for man’s
cooperation, which is meritorious.
D. Works Cannot Precede Faith, But They Must Follow [v. 10).
1. There are no meritorious works save Christ’s.
2. Good works are not the ground of your salvation, but
they are the necessary fruit.
a. These works must follow justification.
(il We are His poiema, His work of art, His masterpiece.
(iil You show that you are by the works you perform.
(iiil Those who continue in sin show they are not.
(ivl Paul repudiates good works as the ground of
salvation.
(vl He also wholeheartedly insists on the necessity of
good works as the fruit of salvation.
Conclusion: