“Twice recently I have heard about those who teach that faith is a work. One variation is simply that: faith is a work, and so we cannot encourage or exhort people to believe. The second variation is: faith is the first work a person does after regeneration.” - Matt Postiff (See also Part 2)
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
“...whatever faith is and however you might describe it, it is not a work”
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NewThis statement is the key:
This statement is the key: “But what you cannot do is think that the person’s faith is a work that merits God’s grace.”
Faith is in no way meritorious.
NewFaith is in no way meritorious
True, but is any work meritorious?
G. N. Barkman
NewJesus's work
The perfect life of Jesus was and is meritorious.
NewOrdo
Regeneration precedes faith, and faith is a gift from God … (smile)
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
NewAgreed
The perfect life of Jesus was meritorious. Agreed! (and eternally thankful that this is so) But are any of the works of descendants of Adam meritorious?
G. N. Barkman