Free Grace Position

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OLD MAN, INTERRUPTED
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I believe in and accept the free Grace (monergistic working of the will of totally depraved man) of Jesus Christ and out of my gratitude and confidence of eternal security I do works by which I receive rewards in heaven. I do not do them to gain salvation or to justify my faith.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 6:23
Martin Q. Blank
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Poor wording. Works may not merit salvation, but they are in themselves salvation. You once did the work of Satan and now do the work of God. This is salvation along with justification and glorification.

Eph. 2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the bodya and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christby grace you have been saved 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Zobel
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AG
Right, the good works we do are God's works. That's why they're good. We do them as His Body, so He's doing them. This is synergism in a nutshell, which is why St Paul uses the word synergoi, co-worker.
dermdoc
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AG
I am saved(justification), being saved(sanctification or theosis), and will be saved(glorification).
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UTExan
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OLD MAN, INTERRUPTED said:

I believe in and accept the free Grace (monergistic working of the will of totally depraved man) of Jesus Christ and out of my gratitude and confidence of eternal security I do works by which I receive rewards in heaven. I do not do them to gain salvation or to justify my faith.


Good enough. Works are the fruit of grace.
It is better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness- Sir Terence Pratchett
“ III stooges si viveret et nos omnes ad quos etiam probabile est mittent custard pies”
Pinochet
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I'm constantly reminded that you need not understand it all, and some truly don't, to receive that grace. Not sure I understand OP's points here and in his other threads, but the salvation is freely given without a test of understanding later. That's good news.
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