What is the relationship between grace and works?
Grace and works are total opposites. Scripture teaches that sinners are justified freely by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, not by works. Grace excludes works; salvation comes by grace through faith in His blood, as Romans 3:24 declares.
Les explains that merely believing Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is foundational but not enough in this age of grace. He points to Romans 3:23, where all have sinned and come short of God's glory, and then verse 24, where sinners are justified freely by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus. Les emphasizes that there is no works in grace; grace is the total opposite of works. The cross makes the difference, because Christ became a propitiation through faith in His blood.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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How is grace different from works?
There are no works in grace; grace is the total opposite of works.