Can grace operate mixed with law?
The principle is that if it is by grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. Grace cannot operate mixed with law but must stand totally by itself, because the two cannot be mixed.
Les teaches that grace and works or law cannot be mixed. He explains that if it is by grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. Conversely, if it be of works, then it is no more grace; otherwise work is no more work. In simple language, the two cannot be mixed, and grace has to stand totally by itself. He then notes that Israel nationally did not obtain what it sought, but the election obtained it, and the rest were blinded, with a veil on their heart, as II Corinthians says.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
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Why can't grace be mixed with works?
Grace cannot be mixed with works because if it is by grace, it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.