what exactly does "saved by the grace of God" mean?

Question

if you are saved by the grace of God does that mean God chooses every thing you do and every word you say along with beleiveing in him?

and could someone who is saved by the grace of God blasphem the Holy Spirit and continue to believe or does God control if you blasphem the Holy Spirit or not?

Answer 1

You're saved by nothing you did/does. Grace is a free gift. Everyone has free-will, they choose what they do and say.

Answer 2

Saved by grace simply means salvation is something that cannot be earned through good works. We must be perfect to enter into eternity with God our Father. This is not possible so we must rely upon His plan of salvation, which is a free gift to all of us.

No, just because we choose to believe the Christian Plan of Salvation does not make us perfect. We have free choice to do as we please. He will not interfere in those decisions.

I highly doubt a Christian could deliberately blaspheme the Holy Spirit but if he/she did then, like any other sin, it would be forgiven if we confess it and truly repent of such an act.

Answer 3

It depends on whether you want the church doctrinal meaning or the biblical meaning? The usual church doctrinal meaning is as an exhortation referring to a possible miraculous event. The biblical meaning has to do with a person accepting Christ as their savior and Lord over their lives, which God through His Son Jesus made possible because of Gods love for us. And the only way that a person can truly blaspheme the Holy Spirit is by becoming born again of Satan.

Answer 4

There is a scripture in the book of Ephesians, "for it is by grace you are saved, through faith, not by works, that any man should boast". God gives grace to a person, enabling them to see themselves as sinners, enabling them to humble themselves and bow before Jesus Christ, accepting Him as savior. Without God's grace, no one can say "Jesus is Lord". We are actually given God's grace to, in the first place, ever be saved.

Blaspheme the holy spirit means to utterly reject God. This is why the bible calls it the unforgiveable sin. As any sin is forgiveable if you ask (to those who know Christ as savior), that is why utter rejection of God is the unforgiveable sin.

I often pray for God to be my eyes, ears, mouth, feet and hands. Unfortunately my flesh gets in the way most of the time. What a life I could live it I only moved/spoke/thought for Him!

Answer 5

Apostle Paul declares in Ephesians 2:8-9; with unmistakable emphasies that ''By geace are ye saved through faith'' Here he dispels any notion that salvation is in any sense of ''ourselves,'' and asserts its gratuitous character as a gift of God This text is of the highest importance in determining the cause of men's salvation. The satement in Ephesians 2:8 is made from the premise that man is dead in trespasses and sins [v1], and a child of wrath by nature[v3],hence unable to help himself out of his misery under sin.

Answer 6

The expression "saved by the Grace of God" is just that ... an expression. It's not a biblical principle or truth. Some people use it to illustrate a lucky turn of events for them. "Thank my lucky stars" is another expression that means roughly the same thing.

Answer 7

Actually it's a mistranslation. The dative of means in Greek can rather refer to "manner". In other words it's "Graciously you have been saved." "Graciously" refers to the manner rather than the means of salvation.

But getting back to your question, there is a correlation between one's behavior and one's salvation status, as it is written, "Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil" 1John 3:7,8 But what happens in that when one is saved they are born of God, and as such it is written, "No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother." 1John 3:9,10

Thus being born of God changes one's behavior in a permanent fashion.

For more see study guides on 1John at http://www.bcbsr.com/books/1jn.html

Answer 8

No -- it means that someone is anthropomorphizing the laws of probability.

Answer 9

THAT MEANS HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT BUT HE DID, BECAUSE HE LOVES US SO MUCH HIS GRACE HIS LOVE HAS GIVEN US ANOTHER CHANCE AFTER CHANCE AFTER CHANCE..... DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW.