For by Grace we are saved

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Eph 2:8 KJV) The Faith is not of ourselves it is the gift of God through Christ. Did you notice that I did not say our faith? For there is, "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Eph 4:5-6 KJV) One Faith. Here follow along as Paul unfolds this concept in Gal 2:16. Knowing that a man is not justified (rendered or made righteous) by the works of the Law; but through the faith of Jesus Christ.We also believed into Christ Jesus, that we might be justified (rendered or made righteous) by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the Law; for by the works of the Law no flesh shall be justified. With Christ have I been crucified, yet I am living; no longer I, but living in me is Christ. Now that which I am now living in flesh, I am living in faith that is of the Son of God, Who loves me, and gives Himself up for me." (Gal 2:20 CLV) John shared in his Gospel this part of Jesus’ prayer, “ And I do not ask concerning these only, but also concerning the ones who will believe into Me through their word.” (17:20 KJ3) We are made righteous because we are part of The Body of Christ, the Temple of God. Through God's Spirit we believed ourselves into Christ. Because we are in Christ and Him in us, we share in, partake of His divine nature. Therefore we have the Faith of Jesus. His Faith, The Faith He has, we now have available to us through God’s Spirit. It is this active faith in and through us that make us, renders us righteous. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Even as is a direct comparison. We are made righteous the same way Jesus is and was. Through God's Spirit. For there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, the One above all and through all and in you all. And it is He that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure. As Jesus said, “He doeth the work.” (1Jn 3:7 kjv; Eph 4:5,6 KJ3]

The Gospel, the New Covenant. Ask and you shall receive

This is the covenant which I will covenant to them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My Laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds;and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will not remember no longer, not ever. MT-Jer. 31:33, 34 But where remission of these is, there is no longer offering concerning sins. (Heb 10:16-18 KJ3) In English remission can mean forgiveness or the reduction of the intensity of something: to reduce in intensity, or reduce the intensity of something. Reduction or disappearance, lessening of something. But it can also mean restore something: to restore something to a previous condition or position. Now if we consider that remission is ἄφεσις in the Greek and means: Freedom. Dismissal and or Release from bondage or imprisonment. To cause to stand away. What we get is a reduction or disappearence in the intensity of something that causes restoration. For Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. So let me ask if our sins are in remission what are they or what has been done to them? John the Baptist Had this to say About Jesus in John 1:29 . He said, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John the Apostle gave further testimony in 1 John 3:5 . He says, And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Peter shared in 1Peter 2:24, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. This was not a new revelation it was a prophesy from Isaiah 53:5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace our Shalom, our completeness was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. So have faith and be healed. Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant (a slave) of sin. And the servant (sinner) abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. So lets be free!!! Our sins have been placed in remission!!!! They have been taken away!!! Heb 9:14; 1 John 3:5; Heb 10:4 say: For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. But we know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Through the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience (our inner man, our hearts and minds ) from dead works ( sin, acts that cause death) to serve the living God? There are 2 other places in the NT that αφεσις is in the same case and gender. One is within the same letter and context. So to better drive home this truth let me share that also. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission (αφεσις). Heb 9:21,22 Our sins are purged from us as the vessels of the ministry have been purged, we have been cleansed. We are vessels sanctified, made fit to serve the living God. We are healed. Whatever the sin is, it is αφεσις (released from it's confines, from our hearts and minds) It is purged from us. There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek ( the Heathen Gentile). One Lord, one faith, one baptism: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. But what saith He? The word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it, that is the word of faith, which we preach. That the gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel and believe. And God which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost even as (a direct comparison) He did unto us. And put no difference between us and them, purifying (purge)their hearts by faith. Believing that through the grace of the Lord Jesus the Christ we (Israel)shall be saved even as(a direct comparison) they. Even when we were dead in sins, hath he quickened us together with, the Christ,Whom God set forth to be a propitiation(atoning victim) through faith in his blood. The blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your Conscience(our inner inward man, the heart and mind)from dead works(acts that lead to death, sin)to serve the living God. For this cause he is the mediator of the new. For thus saith the lord:I will put my Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts:and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people.For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them and walk in them;and I will be their God and they shall be my people. Strengthened by might by His Spirit in the inner man, Christ in us the hope of Glory. Filled with all the fullness of God for it is He that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure. Through His divine power He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. Lord we believe help thou our unbelief!! Rom10:12,9; Deut30:14; Acts15:7,8,9,11; Eph2:5; Rom3:2 5; Heb10:14,15; 2cor6:16; Eph3:19,17,16; 2Pet1:3 This is the Gospel the new covenant fufilled in all believers