Does God save and call us according to our works or His own purpose and grace?
God saves and calls us not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace, given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. This calling is holy and flows from His eternal purpose, not human effort or national privilege.
Les teaches from II Timothy 1:8-9 that God "hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace," given in Christ Jesus before the world began. He connects this to God's eternal purpose in Ephesians 3:11 and Acts 2, where all things happened according to the predetermining counsel of God. Les also explains that God made a valid offer to Israel, but their failure did not catch God off base; it was all in His eternal plan.
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,