Salvation is solely by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8). That is the heart and soul of the gospel message. But it means nothing if we begin with a misunderstanding of grace or a faulty definition of faith. God’s grace is not a static attribute whereby He passively accepts hardened, unrepentant sinners. Grace does not change a person’s standing before God yet leave his character untouched. Real grace is not license to do whatever we choose.

True grace, according to Scripture, teaches us “to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age” (Titus 2:12). Grace is the power of God to fulfill our new covenant duties, however inconsistently we obey at times. Clearly, grace does not grant permission to live in the flesh; it supplies power to live in the Spirit. Faith, like grace, is not static. Saving faith is inseparable from repentance, surrender, and a supernatural longing to obey.

 None of those responses can be classified exclusively as a human work, any more than believing itself is solely a human effort. Repentance is always at the core of genuine saving faith. Repentance involves a recognition of one’s utter sinfulness and a turning from self and sin to God (cf. 1 Thess. 1:9). Repentance is not a human work; it is the inevitable result of God’s work in a human heart.

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