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       IS OUR FAITH A GIFT?
   DIR By: doug
       Date: March 1, 2026, 2:29 pm
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       [Ephesians 2:8 KJV] "For by grace are ye saved through faith;
       and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:"
       I see it this way
       It is by God's grace that we are saved
       It is his grace being bestowed on us through faith. It is our
       faith. It's not God giving us faith. God wants all to be saved,
       so if faith is a gift, why doesn't he give the gift of faith to
       all for all to be saved? If God would give us all salvific
       faith, then why did Christ have to die? We are saved by
       believing God and placing our faith in Christ and his redemptive
       shed blood.
       Grace isn't of ourselves, it is solely by his grace, This says
       it's not our faith that saves us. It;s the Gift of God by Jesus
       Christ...........[Romans 5:15 KJV] "But not as the offence, so
       also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many
       be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace,
       [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."
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