WHAT THE DEVIL BELIEVES VS WHAT WE WHO ARE SAVED BELIEVE

Edward  O’Hara: Have you ever heard someone respond to the preaching of salvation by grace through faith without works by saying, “Well, the devil believes. So just believing is not enough”? I have. And it’s very frustrating when hearing that from anyone who claims to believe in Jesus. It can attributed to immaturity. But, this kind of response can also mean that they really do not know Jesus. Because this kind of response comes from their belief that only when works accompany faith is anyone saved. Saying in effect that we are saved by works as if James was contradicting what Paul taught. Which also means that if we are not saved it is because of bad works. So salvation becomes an issue of works rather than of grace through faith. Which is the antithesis to everything the Bible teaches about…

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THE DISPENSATION OF THE GRACE OF GOD WHERE SIN IS NOT IMPUTED

Imputed. This word is so full of meaning for the church. As it was also for Israel when she was under the law. It begins a new chapter in God’s dealings with all mankind. And closes the chapter, for now, on God’s dealings with Israel under the law. When sin is imputed means to have the sins you have committed held against you, or to make you accountable before men, by the law. Because while the the Old Testament was in force sins that were violations of the law were imputed to the Israelite who committed them.But, God was careful to let Israel know that as it had always been and always will be, men are only ever held accountable for their own sins. And that sins committed by another will never be imputed to someone else. Saying through the…

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