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Christ's Work, Our Salvation - Christocentric (Ephesians 2:8-9)

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Karl Barth emphasized: read carefully—"By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the GIFT of God." The gift IS Christ. Grace isn't abstract; it's Jesus. Faith isn't self-generated; it's response to Jesus. We're saved not by our faith but by Christ's faithfulness. He did what we couldn't: lived perfectly, died sacrificially, rose victoriously. Our salvation rests on His work, not ours. Ephesians 2:8-9 points entirely to Christ.

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Scripture References

Ephesians 2:8-9

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