{"id":12830,"date":"2018-07-21T07:45:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=12830"},"modified":"2018-07-21T07:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:46:21","slug":"salvation-by-works-or-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/21\/salvation-by-works-or-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvation by Works or Grace?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/21\/salvation-by-works-or-grace\/salvation-wooden-sign-on-a-beautiful-day-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12832\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Salvation-AdobeStock_68119670.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4100\" height=\"2662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Salvation-AdobeStock_68119670.jpeg 4100w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Salvation-AdobeStock_68119670-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Salvation-AdobeStock_68119670-768x499.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Salvation-AdobeStock_68119670-1024x665.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Salvation-AdobeStock_68119670-462x300.jpeg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4100px) 100vw, 4100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Ephesians 2:8, 10, <i>Saved \u2026 good works<\/i>.<\/b><i>\u00a0<\/i>Are we saved by faith through grace or by our good works? This verse clearly answers this question.\u00a0One is saved by the free gift of YHVH\u2019s grace through faith (in Yeshua). Salvation isn\u2019t based on good works (Torah obedience), or else prideful man would boast about how good his is, and that YHVH must have saved him on the merits of his good works. However, once one is saved, and a result of his salvation one will produce the fruits good works, which is Torah-obedience. This is the definition of biblical righteousness (Ps 119:172) and shows us how to walk in the Spirit by loving YHVH with our all and our neighbor as ourself. When we live out this pattern, we become Elohim\u2019s workmanship through Yeshua.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Salvation by Works or Grace?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/21\/salvation-by-works-or-grace\/',contentID: 'post-12830',suggestTags: 'Faith,Grace,Salvation,Works',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ephesians 2:8, 10, Saved \u2026 good works.\u00a0Are we saved by faith through grace or by our good works? This verse clearly answers this question.\u00a0One is saved by the free gift of YHVH\u2019s grace through faith (in Yeshua). Salvation isn\u2019t based &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/21\/salvation-by-works-or-grace\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[44,398,207,471],"class_list":["post-12830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-readings","tag-faith","tag-grace","tag-salvation","tag-works"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Salvation by Works or Grace? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/21\/salvation-by-works-or-grace\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salvation by Works or Grace? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ephesians 2:8, 10, Saved \u2026 good works.\u00a0Are we saved by faith through grace or by our good works? 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