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And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Audio commentary on this verse
Note 2 at Rom. 11:6: Paul stated the doctrine of justification by grace through faith so clearly in his writings that any person who claims to believe the Bible has to acknowledge this truth. However, one of Satan's cleverest deceptions is to take a truth and add to it until it is no longer the truth. Lest that happen with this doctrine of grace, Paul states emphatically that we cannot combine anything with God's grace as a requirement for salvation.
In the same way that gasoline and water don't mix, so grace and works will not mix. Justification has to be all works or all grace, but not a combination of the two.
In this epistle, Paul had repeatedly made his point of justification by grace through faith. He had repeatedly stressed that faith is the only requirement on our part. He is repeating that point once again in perhaps his clearest words yet. Still, there is an abundance of religious people today who cannot accept the fact that all we have to do is to believe to receive God's grace (Rom. 5:2). This verse leaves no alternatives.
