Salvation: Faith, Grace, and Works in Romans
Explore the intricate relationship between faith, grace, and works as highlighted in the Book of Romans. Delve into the concept of salvation, the role of Jesus, and the various definitions of being saved. Understand the foundational elements of the Atonement and how faith, works, and grace intertwine to shape the Christian belief system.
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ROMANS 2-6, 12-16 FAITH ~ GRACE ~ WORKS
SALVATION List everything a person needs to get to the Celestial Kingdom. (At what point did Jesus show up on your list? First? Last? In the middle?)
SALVATION So are you saved? (common question to be asked among Christians)
SALVATION Salvation Cards Read Romans 10:9- -10. Many good Christians cite these verses as proof that they have been "saved" because they have sincerely confessed or declared that Jesus Christ is their Savior.
SAVED BY GRACE ROMANS 10
SAVED BY GRACE ROMANS 10
SAVED BY GRACE ROMANS 10
SAVED BY GRACE ROMANS 10
SAVED BY GRACE ROMANS 10
SALVATION Definitions of Saved : 1. We are all saved from physical death 2. We can be saved from sin. 3. We can be saved by being "born again" 4. We can be saved by receiving exaltation. Have you been saved under any of the definitions?
ROMANS What are the three foundational elements of the Atonement? the unconditional aspects of the atonement the conditional aspects of the atonement he enabling elements of the atonement
ROMANS Faith: Confidence in and reliance upon Jesus Christ and his Atonement. Works: Actions, Keeping commandments, Ordinances. Grace: Help through the love and mercy of Jesus Christ. So how do faith, works, and grace go together? Read Romans 3:20-24 Read Romans 4:13-16 What is grace? BD pg 697 under grace. What impresses you about grace? In your own words, what is it? (by the way, did you know that the word ATONEMENT is only used once in the NT? Romans 5:11)
ROMANS Imagine that you are in the desert dying of thirst.
ROMANS On a nearby hill is this container of lifesaving water.
ROMANS Which of the following will save your life: Your confidence that the water will save you Your effort to crawl up the hill to get the water Drinking the water in the glass
ROMANS What does the water represent? (Grace) What could the effort to crawl up the hill represent? (Works) What could confidence in the saving power of the water represent? (Faith) Read Romans 5:12--14
ROMANS Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God [see Acts 20:28]. Grace is a gift of God, and our desire to be obedient to each of God s commandments is the reaching out of our mortal hand to receive this sacred gift from our Heavenly Father ( The Gift of Grace, Ensign or Liahona, May 2015, 109, 110). How can the Savior s grace help us exercise faith in Him and do good works? What are some works we can do to show our faith in Christ and be justified through His grace?
ROMANS The prophet Nephi made an important contribution to our understanding of God s grace when he declared, We labor diligently to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do [2 Nephi 25:23]. However, I wonder if sometimes we misinterpret the phrase after all we can do. We must understand that after does not equal because. We are not saved because of all that we can do. Have any of us done all that we can do? Does God wait until we ve expended every effort before He will intervene in our lives with His saving grace? I am certain Nephi knew that the Savior s grace allows and enables us to overcome sin.( The Gift of Grace, Ensign or Liahona, May 2015, 110).
GRACE BRAD WILCOX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8EGUd5OOO4
ROMANS Elder David A. Bednar wrote, I suspect that you and I are much more familiar with the redeeming power of the Atonement than we are with the enabling power of the Atonement. Most of us clearly understand that the Atonement is for sinners. I am not so sure, however, that we know and understand that the Atonement is also for saints for good men and women who are obedient and worthy and who are striving to become better and serve faithfully. I frankly do not think many of us get it concerning this enabling and strengthening aspect of the Atonement, and I wonder if we mistakenly believe we must make the journey all by ourselves through sheer grit, willpower, and discipline, and with our obviously limited capacities. (Elder David A. Bednar, In the Strength of the Lord, BYI Idaho Speeches, 23 October 2001).
ROMANS What are some analogies you've heard about Grace and the Atonement? One early Australian convert said: My past life [was] a wilderness of weeds, with hardly a flower Strewed among them. [But] now the weeds have vanished, and flowers Spring up in their place. We grow in two ways removing negative weeds and cultivating positive flowers. The Savior s grace blesses both parts if we do our part. We must uproot the weeds of sin and bad choices. It isn t enough just to mow the weeds. Yank them out by the roots, repenting fully to satisfy the conditions of mercy. Once we ve cleared our heartland, we must continually plant and nourish the seeds of divine qualities. (Elder Bruce C. Hafen).
ROMANS So God s children we saved by Grace alone? Martin Luther had said that grace alone can save; his followers took up his doctrine and repeated it word for word. But they left the obligation to discipleship...The justification of the sinner degenerated into the justification of sin. Costly grace was turned into cheap grace without discipleship. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship).
ROMANS Elder Bruce C. Hafen wrote, The Savior s gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to after all we can do. We may receive his grace before, during and after the time when we expend our own efforts (The Broken Heart [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989], 155
ROMANS 2-6, 12-16 FAITH ~ GRACE ~ WORKS
