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But the endurance required afterwards -including doing good works- is what the final judgement will decide. It was "not of works, lest anyone should boast". They had entered into salvation solely by the grace of God. So the "works" the writer was addressing was their prior works. The writer even goes into some detail of how the Ephesians had been living prior to entering into salvation, and pointing out that there was nothing they had done to deserve it. Then looking back at Ephesians 2:8 and putting it in its proper context in light of Ephesians 2:1-7, you see that the writer is addressing previous works. So it takes endurance to the end to finally attain salvation.
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Mat 24:13 “But he who endures to the end shall be saved. Some use that to mean nothing you do afterwards counts. It says:Įph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God,Įph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. One illustration of that very point is found in a mistake protestants make in reading Ephesians 2:8-9. If they were to do that are we still to say that they are saved?
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A person might fall away later through sin or apostasy. But that salvation is never completed on earth. A person enters into salvation initially through baptism, so we can say they have been saved. You'll see here and there of people who have been saved, but it is only a point in time along the process. Click to expand.Salvation only happens at the final judgement.
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