Does salvation come from grace, works, knowledge, or faith?

Answer 1

Salvation comes By the grace of God, through faith in Christ. We are saved unto good works.

Answer 2

Its in the realm of Faith. TO believe into what God has done and receive the Grace of God's salvation takes first our faith. Faith opens up all the rich matters pertaining to God's salvation. The Last verse in the Bible actually ends with " the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ being with all the saints"

Knowledge is crucial because God's people perish because of a lack of it. WE see in Timothy that God desires all men to be saved and to come to the Full Knowledge of the Truth.

We also see that we are here doing the Work of God out of a serving spirit. We are not here doing our own work... we are here carrying out the Purpose and desire and will of God. There is truly only ONE work in this whole earth. IF we are not for this work then we are missing the whole point.
This work is the building up of the Body of CHrist. :Everything that we do by way of service should result in this.

So salvation is first I believe a matter of faith. Out of that we receive Grace. We move on to receive the full knowledge of God's plan of salvation and what He is after on this earth and then we are those like mary.. sitting at His feet and listening then rising up like a Mary/Martha to serve out of a serving listening spirit.

Very interesting Q
in Christ
sandy

Answer 3

God alone is the source of Salvation. Grace is God's act, and Faith & Obedience are man's response to God's Grace. Hence ...

Grace + Faith + Obedience = Salvation

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin." -- Romans 6:1-7 KJV

Answer 4

Paul, in writing to the Romans, declared that a believer is justified by faith and faith alone. Nothing else matters. James, on the other hand, states that faith without works is dead, giving works as much importance to the believer as faith. Both refer to Abraham to substantiate their positions. Without viewing both arguments simultaneously, you may feel forced to pick a side. You don’t have to. Here’s why …

Paul’s perspective is eternal, stating that salvation and justification are through faith in Christ Jesus only. James looks at salvation and justification from an earthly perspective. He recognizes that we cannot see faith because it is spiritual. It’s invisible. So he focuses on the works produced by the faith, which are visible. Paul teaches faith from an up-ward, God-ward, vertical viewpoint, James from a man-ward, horizontal viewpoint. No contradiction, not even two positions, but one truth from two different angles.

Grace is simply a gift from God. But it does not operate on us until it is received through faith. Knowledge is important. God says we suffer for our lack of knowledge. Everything you've just read is knowledge.

Answer 5

The only way to be saved is to believe that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again. Works do not save, and you can't mix works and grace. Grace through faith in the above about Jesus without works is the only way to be saved.

Answer 6

10 But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.” 11 So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.” 12 This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, “It is through obeying the law that a person has life.”

13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing.

Answer 7

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:8-10

"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

"For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with y ou, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you follow." 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9

"In the same way, faith by itself, if not accompanied by action is dead." James 2:17

Salvation comes with all of the things that you have listed, it is not exclusive of these attributes nor is it all inclusive.

Answer 8

Grace and faith. I thought Martin Luther cleared this up 500 years ago.

Answer 9

(In a nutshell)

Salvation is an ongoing process. It cannot be merited but only given for free by grace through faith in Christ. Followed by a life lived in accordance to His teachings with a sincere love of God and neighbor.

Answer 10

They all tie together

We have to have knowledge in order to have faith and to understand we need to do God's will and work in his vineyard and without knowlege, faith and works, we can't receive grace.