words of the psalmist: “Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory” (Ps. 115:1). Any suggestion that he is right with God by virtue of his own character or deeds would horrify him. It would draw from him the following declaration of faith: “God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Gal. 6:14). What place, then, do works have in our salvation? Is the Christian to continue in sin that grace may abound?34 Is he to be void of fruit and personal righteousness?
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