[Manna - March 29]
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8
AS members of the fallen race we were incapable
of doing any work which our holy God could accept...Our present standing, therefore, as New Creatures,
is not the result of anything that the old creature did,
or could have done.
It is not of ourselves; it is the
gift of God.
This lesson must be thoroughly appreciated,
else we will be continually in danger of falling.
...So far from considering the New Creature as an
evolution of the old creature, the apostle would have
us understand distinctly that it is a new and separate
creation.
We were created in Christ Jesus, God's
workmanship—prepared for good works, but not by good works. Z.'03-90 R3166:4