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Recently, sitting in an airplane watching others board, some with more bags than they could carry, a fellow passenger paraphrased a verse of Scripture, saying, "We bring nothing into this world when we are born and we take nothing with us when wedie"(1Tim 6:7). Then she added, "But in between, we strive to acquire all that we can!" Reflecting on that comment brings a twinge of guilt. In reality, many of us have fallen into that western-culture...

Speaking of grace, it is important to emphasize that we are not only saved by grace but sanctified by grace. Works cannot save the sinner (2:16), nor sanctify the saint (3:1-5). The law stands absolutely powerless to sanctify us as it did to save us, it was given to show us our need of a Savior. That sanctification, not salvation, is the main subject of our text is apparent from 5:7 ("You were running the race beautifully. Who cut in on you an...