saved by grace

Good morning brothers and sisters,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Our reading this morning makes a distinction between works and faith, a difference at the core of the protestant reformation. We aren't righteous because of our actions, but because God forgives our sins and make us righteous. The role of faith in all this is that we trust God's mercy, which never fails. Strange as it seems, we are full of faith when we quit counting on our selves and lean only on God.

Blessings on the new week,
Sam

Romans 4:1-8
What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 4Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. 5But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness. 6So also David speaks of the blessedness of those to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: 7“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.”