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Ephesians 2:8a  [authorized King James version]  "For by grace are we saved through faith;"  

Who's faith?  His or mine?  My understanding; we are saved by His faith and faithfulness to Himself, His Word and to us when believed [see note below].  When man rewrites scripture to fit his understandings he is placing himself in the ways of God.  No different than when satan enticed Eve with glorious words of grander and elevation in stature.  

When God's Words are non-understandable, perplexing or hidden [1 Cor 2:7; Romans 16:25; Eph 3:3-4, 3:9, 5:32,6:19; Col 1:26-27, 2:2], we then by faith MUST! must, just believe what is written [1 Cor 2:14, 15:2b] understanding that the Word, is truly the inspired Word from and of God; it is impossible to separate God from His Word, either spoken or written.     

The revealed mysteries given only to Paul to us [Eph 3:1-3], hidden before the apostles [the twelve] or prophets [of the old testament covenant] spake of these things because they were hidden, like as seen here in Luke's account:  Luke 18:31-34  "Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.  Also as written in Deuteronomy 29:29  "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us [mankind] and to our children [Israel] for ever, that we may do all the words of this law."

So then, when man doesn't understand what is written by God and refuses to believe God and what God has said [had written Ephesians 3:5, 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and 2 Peter 1:21] man's pride kicks in and he, man, will explain and render what he thinks God was actually saying and inspiring those to write what was really said.  "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things."   Romans 1:21-23.  

God ain't playing when it comes to what He has said and revealed to man.  "In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my [Paul's] gospel."  Romans 2:16.  God has spoken it and expects man to believe!

Thank You LORD for Your Word to me.  It "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."  Psalms 119:105  


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