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grace. As we believe and confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and that God raised him from the dead, God saves us by his mercy and by his grace and gives us the faith of Jesus Christ. "Not (absolutely not) of works, lest (in order that) any man should boast." "For we are his workmanship (this word is used as "handiwork" when he talks about the creation and the heavens and so forth), created (having been created) in Christ Jesus unto (for the purpose of) good works." We are not saved by works, we are saved by grace. Yet our salvation is unto or for the purpose of doing good works, not works to be saved, but because we are saved we do the works. And those are the works that the Word recognized - "I would ye all spake with tongues" and others. "Which God hath before ordained (afore prepared) that (in order that) we should walk in them." These I think are perhaps the greatest words that cou