The Jesus Trip...
No, grace is not something you qualify for by receiving it!
Grace already belongs to humanity without their permission!
Here's Romans 5:17 again, "If the effect of one man’s crash-landing engaged humanity in a death-dominated lifestyle how much more is the very same mankind now the recipient of the boundless reservoir of righteousness empowering them to reign in this life through that one man, Jesus Christ, whose gift to mankind is their redeemed righteousness and innocence. Grace is out of all proportion in superiority to the transgression. (I translated the word, παράπτωμα - paraptoma, crash landing, from para closest possible proximity/union and πίπτω - pipto, to descend from a higher place to a lower – lit. to stop flying. The words οἱ λαμβάνοντες - oi lambanontes do not mean, to believingly accept, but simply the recipients! [the Present Active Participle Nominative] The word περισσεία - perisseia, means super abundantly; that which exceeds all boundaries.)
I've been enjoying your posts @Pastorlea, and I'm a huge recipient and lover of grace. But I'm wondering about some inferences here so would like to ask you a question to better discern your beliefs.
Do you believe all people will be saved whether or not they believe in the gospel, as in the idea of universalism?
Thank you!
Salvation has been provided for all man, and there's the 'each part". All are saved in the work or Christ but each one need to experience His/Her salvation in Christ. It has all be provided, but all are not receiving and experiencing that salvation. Is that clair
Thanks. Perfect. Right on.