Faith By Grace Or Grace Through Faith?

[Minister Monardo]

Ephesians Two:
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Do we grow in Grace whereby we increase Faith,
or must we add to Faith to have more Grace?
Second Peter
One:
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control
perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
7 to godliness brotherly kindness,
and to brotherly kindness love.

Three:
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Do we grow in Grace whereby we increase Faith,

or must we add to Faith to have more Grace?

Romans 5:
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
By Faith, we access the Grace
"in which we stand"=
"in the moment"=
NOW Faith.

 

[Minister Monardo]

NOW Faith.

The Missing Ingredient:
James Four:
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

 

[Minister Monardo]

By Faith, we access the Grace
"in which we stand"=
"in the moment"=
NOW Faith.

Many talk often about Grace, Faith, and Salvation, without this knowledge.
Now Faith is in the moment, and the only Faith that can be confirmed in a believer is made evident by the Grace they access in that moment.
In other words, whatever circumstances you will face TODAY, the Grace needed to overcome is by definition already available, but you must access it by faith. If you do not, you will fall in the face of that trial, and have to get back up with the mustard seed faith that remains and continue forward.
You must add to your faith, to access MORE GRACE

Second Peter
One:
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control
perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
7 to godliness brotherly kindness,
and to brotherly kindness love.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

 

[Minister Monardo]

NOW Faith.

Hebrews Eleven: One
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

"evidence of things not seen"

by accessing Grace through Faith

 

[Clare73]

Hebrews Eleven: One
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

"evidence of things not seen"

by accessing Grace through Faith

Faith is a gift (Php 1:29, Ac 13:48, 18:27, 1 Pe 1:1, Ro 12:3) which does not originate with man.

It is the result of the new birth (Jn 3:3-5) by the sovereign Holy Spirit, who is as unaccountable as the wind (Jn 3:6-8).

 

[Minister Monardo]

Faith is a gift (Php 1:29, Ac 13:48, 18:27, 1 Pe 1:1, Ro 12:3) which does not originate with man.

It is the result of the new birth (Jn 3:3-5) by the sovereign Holy Spirit, who is as unaccountable as the wind (Jn 3:6-8).

Or it is dead, if you do not walk by it.

 

[Clare73]

Or it is dead, if you don't walk in it.

It is not true faith, but counterfeit faith, if you don't walk in it (Mt 7:22-23).

 

[fhansen]

Do we grow in Grace whereby we increase Faith,
or must we add to Faith to have more Grace?

Faith, itself, is a gift of grace, but, as with the other virtues of hope and love, we must embrace, express, and "invest" that gift, that grace, in which case they grow. Either way, grace precedes everything in our walk with God as we think of grace as more than favor but as God's life, the work and operation of the Holy Spirit, in us.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Faith, itself, is a gift of grace, but, as with the other virtues of hope and love, we must embrace, express, and "invest" that gift, that grace, in which case they grow. Either way, grace precedes everything in our walk with God as we think of grace as more than favor but as God's life, the work and operation of the Holy Spirit, in us.

You present well the Grace of Salvation.
What the OP is presenting from the apostolic doctrine is the grace for today,
to walk in victory as an overcomer today.

Many talk often about Grace, Faith, and Salvation.
Now Faith is in the moment, and the only Faith that can be confirmed in a believer is made evident by the Grace they access in that moment.
In other words, whatever circumstances you will face TODAY, the Grace needed to overcome is by definition already available, but you must access it by faith.This is the faith of Christ, not ours. If you do not, you will fall in the face of that trial, and have to get back up with the mustard seed faith that remains and continue forward.
You must add to your faith, to access MORE GRACE

Romans 5:
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
By Faith, we access the Grace
"in which we stand"=
"in the moment"=
NOW Faith.

Hebrews Eleven: One
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

"evidence of things not seen"

by accessing Grace through Faith

The Missing Ingredient:
James Four:
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

Hebrews Eleven: One
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

"evidence of things not seen"

by accessing Grace through Faith

2 Peter 1:
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren
nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,
and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure:
for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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