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<h1><span style="color: #003366;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Grace / Favor in the Bible</span></strong></span></h1>
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<h3><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Introduction</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Greek word CHARIS simply means <strong>favor.</strong>&nbsp;It is routinely translated as grace in the New Testament. By dint of repetition in numerous sermons on its use in Ephesians 2:8-9, this word "grace" has come to be understood as implying "unmerited" favor. However, Jesus' used CHARIS or FAVOR with an opposite meaning. Jesus typically means "merited favor." Certainly, by contrast Paul used CHARIS as "unmerited favor" but our Lord's meaning must be the one that prevails. Once you grasp this, it will no doubt help clear out the misinformation that circulates almost everywhere today about what "GRACE" truly means.</span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Grace Means Favor</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The equality between "grace" and the meaning of "favor" is obvious when you look at the King James versus other bibles. The King James renders Genesis 6:8 that "Noah found <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">grace</span></strong> in the eyes of the Lord," but most other translations say "Noah found <em><strong>favor</strong></em> in the eyes of the Lord." See <a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/6-8.htm">Gene 6:8</a> at Bible Hub.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Incidentally, the Hebrew word for grace / favor is HEN. See Hebrew tab at <a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/6-8.htm">Gen 6:8 of Bible Hub.</a></span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">How Jesus Used The Word Charis / Grace / Favor</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jesus uses this Greek version of the word for FAVOR --&nbsp;<strong>Charis</strong>&nbsp;-- in the Gospel of Luke four times, but you would never know this by reading any standard translation in English:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1">Luke 6:32-34 in verse 32 uses "charis" (Greek tab at this <a href="http://biblehub.com/text/luke/6-32.htm">link</a>); &nbsp;then again "charis" appears in verse 33 (Greek tab at this <a href="http://biblehub.com/text/luke/6-33.htm">link</a>); and finally again in verse 34 (Greek tab at this<a href="http://biblehub.com/text/luke/6-34.htm"> link</a>). &nbsp;Now let's read this passage in the ESV translation of CHARIS highlighted in red:&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span id="en-ESV-25170" class="text Luke-6-32" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">32&nbsp;</span><span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-25170A&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference A&quot;&gt;A&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25170A"></span>&ldquo;If you love those who love you, what&nbsp;<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">benefit</span>&nbsp;</strong>is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.</span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-25171" class="text Luke-6-33" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">33&nbsp;</span>And if you do good to those who do good to you, what <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>benefit</strong></span>&nbsp;is that to you? For even sinners do the same.</span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-25172" class="text Luke-6-34" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">34&nbsp;</span>And&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-25172B&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference B&quot;&gt;B&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25172B"></span>if you&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-25172C&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference C&quot;&gt;C&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25172C"></span>lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what&nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>credit</strong></span>&nbsp;is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.</span></span>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+6%3A32-34&amp;version=ESV">Luke 6:32-34 ESV.</a>)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/greek/charin_5485.htm" style="color: #517291; text-decoration: underline;">Luke 17:8-9</a>&nbsp;also uses CHARIS, and is rendered to obscure this fact by the red highlighted translation that follows:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"> "</span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span style="color: #494a44; line-height: 21px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span style="color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink.&rsquo;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span style="color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"></span></span><span data-mce-mark="1">Does he&nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span data-mce-mark="1">thank</span></strong>&nbsp;</span>the servant because he did what was commanded?" Other translations say 'is the master "thankful" - (give grace) - because the servant did what was commanded?'</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Now let's redo this using the "grace" translation, and see what it sounds like:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1">Luke 6:32-34 reads -- with CHARIS' translation rendered in Red but this time as GRACE:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span id="en-ESV-25170" class="text Luke-6-32" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">32&nbsp;</span><span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-25170A&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference A&quot;&gt;A&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25170A"></span>&ldquo;If you love those who love you, what&nbsp;<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">grace</span>&nbsp;will</strong>&nbsp;that bring you? For even sinners love those who love them.</span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-25171" class="text Luke-6-33" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">33&nbsp;</span>And if you do good to those who do good to you, what&nbsp;<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">grace</span></strong>&nbsp;will that bring you? For even sinners do the same.</span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><span id="en-ESV-25172" class="text Luke-6-34" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="woj"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">34&nbsp;</span>And&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-25172B&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference B&quot;&gt;B&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25172B"></span>if you&nbsp;<span class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-link="(&lt;a href=&quot;#cen-ESV-25172C&quot; title=&quot;See cross-reference C&quot;&gt;C&lt;/a&gt;)" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25172C"></span>lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what&nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>grace</strong></span>&nbsp;will that bring you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.</span></span>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+6%3A32-34&amp;version=ESV">Luke 6:32-34 ESV</a>.)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://biblehub.com/greek/charin_5485.htm" style="color: #517291; text-decoration: underline;">Luke 17:8-9</a>&nbsp;reads: "</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink&rsquo;?&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span>Does he show<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">&nbsp;grace</span></strong>&nbsp;to the servant because he did what was commanded?"&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1">Jesus means God does not give you any favor (grace) for simply loving others who love you, for sinners do the same. (Luke 6:32.)<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>God does not give you grace (favor) for doing good to those who do good for you. (Luke 6:33.) For sinners do the same. God does not give you grace / favor for loaning to receive back what you loaned. (Luke 6:34.) For sinners lend to sinners.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"> Nor does a servant receive grace / favor for merely bringing food and drink to his master, as he is commanded to do. (Luke 17:9.) However, Jesus elsewhere promises God's favor if you do the very same thing for the poor. Jesus promises you will enter the kingdom of heaven. In contrast, Jesus says He will reject entry into heaven for those who called Him Lord but did not provide food and drink to the poor. This is in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats at <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A31-45&amp;version=NIV">Matthew 25:31-45</a>.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1">Jesus therefore means that obedience that is <em><strong>unexceptiona</strong><strong>l</strong></em>&nbsp;and is ordinarily done by sinners earns no favor / grace to make you acceptable for heaven. This is because a sinner would do the very same thing. It involves no unusual strain or effort.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1">This is similarly reflected in Jesus' remark about loving enemies, and not merely those who love you. This takes more effort, doesn't it? Jesus means this will merit favor / grace from God. Jesus spoke likewise about making an exceptional offer to obey a request when Jesus said if a soldier asks you to "carry his gear 1 mile, carry it two." (<a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-41.htm">Matt 5:21 NLT</a>.)&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Hence, Jesus uses GRACE aka FAVOR as <em><strong>something you merit</strong></em>. But only if it is obedience that goes the extra mile or beyond what sinners find easy to do as well.</span></p>
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<h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Favor Is Not For Acts That Sinners Easily Will Obey; Favor is For Exceptional Acts of Devotion</span></span></span></strong></span></h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1">Where previously in the Bible do we find this true doctrine of grace taught by Jesus? </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1">Clearly, it is in the story of Cain and Abel in the Book of Genesis. This involved a minimal act of obedience by Cain who withheld his best offering -- which caused it to be rejected by God while God had <strong>favor</strong> for an extra-effort offering by Abel who had "done right."&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1"><span data-mce-mark="1">Cain and Abel both brought similar but qualitatively different offerings in Genesis 4 to Yahweh. Abel received "favor" &nbsp;because he selected the "best parts" of his animals for his offering, but Cain did not do the same as to the produce he brought. God explained that had Cain acted appropriately he would be "accepted," but the lack of special effort in the bringing his 'offering' meant "sin was crouching at his door." Here is the passage:</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="chapter-1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="text Gen-4-1"><span class="chapternum" style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; position: relative; line-height: 0.8em; bottom: -0.1em; left: 0px;">4&nbsp;</span>Later, Adam<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-81a" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-81a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-81a" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span>&nbsp;had sexual relations with<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-81b" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-81b&quot; title=&quot;See footnote b&quot;&gt;b&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-81b" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</span>&nbsp;his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, &ldquo;I have given birth to<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-81c" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-81c&quot; title=&quot;See footnote c&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-81c" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote c">c</a>]</span>&nbsp;a male child&mdash;[with] the&nbsp;<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord [Yahweh]</span>.&rdquo;<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-81d" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-81d&quot; title=&quot;See footnote d&quot;&gt;d&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-81d" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</span>&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-82" class="text Gen-4-2"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">2&nbsp;</span>And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-82e" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-82e&quot; title=&quot;See footnote e&quot;&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-82e" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote e">e</a>]</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span id="en-ISV-83" class="text Gen-4-3"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">3&nbsp;</span>Later, after a while, Cain brought an offering to the&nbsp;<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>&nbsp;[Yahweh] from the fruit that he had harvested,<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-83f" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-83f&quot; title=&quot;See footnote f&quot;&gt;f&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-83f" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote f">f</a>]</span>&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-84" class="text Gen-4-4"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">4&nbsp;</span>while Abel<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> brought the best parts</span></strong><span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-84g" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-84g&quot; title=&quot;See footnote g&quot;&gt;g&lt;/a&gt;]"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-84g" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote g"><span style="color: #ff0000;">g</span></a></span></strong>]</span>&nbsp;of some of the firstborn from his flock. The&nbsp;<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>&nbsp;[Yahweh] looked <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">favorably</span> </strong>upon Abel and his offering,&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-85" class="text Gen-4-5"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">5&nbsp;</span>but he did <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>not look favorably</strong></span> upon Cain and his offering.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="text Gen-4-5">When Cain became very upset and<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-85h" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-85h&quot; title=&quot;See footnote h&quot;&gt;h&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-85h" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote h">h</a>]</span>&nbsp;depressed,&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-86" class="text Gen-4-6"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">6&nbsp;</span>the&nbsp;<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>&nbsp;[Yahweh] asked Cain, &ldquo;Why are you so upset? Why are you<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-86i" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-86i&quot; title=&quot;See footnote i&quot;&gt;i&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-86i" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote i">i</a>]</span>&nbsp;depressed?&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-87" class="text Gen-4-7"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial;">7&nbsp;</span>If you do what is appropriate,<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-87j" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-87j&quot; title=&quot;See footnote j&quot;&gt;j&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-87j" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote j"><span style="color: #ff0000;">j</span></a>]</span>&nbsp;you&rsquo;ll be accepted, won&rsquo;t you? But if you don&rsquo;t do what is appropriate,<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-87k" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-87k&quot; title=&quot;See footnote k&quot;&gt;k&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-87k" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote k"><span style="color: #ff0000;">k</span></a>]</span>&nbsp;sin is crouching near your doorway</span></strong>, turning toward you. Now as for you, will you take dominion over it?&rdquo;<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-87l" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-87l&quot; title=&quot;See footnote l&quot;&gt;l&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-87l" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote l">l</a>]</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span id="en-ISV-88" class="text Gen-4-8"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">8&nbsp;</span>Instead, Cain told his brother Abel, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go out to the wilderness.&rdquo;<span class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;" data-fn="#fen-ISV-88m" data-link="[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-ISV-88m&quot; title=&quot;See footnote m&quot;&gt;m&lt;/a&gt;]">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV#fen-ISV-88m" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote m">m</a>]</span>&nbsp;When they were outside in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span id="en-ISV-89" class="text Gen-4-9"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">9&nbsp;</span>Later, the&nbsp;<span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord [Yahweh]</span>&nbsp;asked Cain, &ldquo;Where&rsquo;s your brother Abel?&rdquo;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; color: #494a44; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-mark="1"></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="text Gen-4-9">&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; he answered. &ldquo;Am I my brother&rsquo;s guardian?&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204:1-16&amp;version=ISV">Gen 4:1-9 ISV.</a>)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Here, "look favorably" is the Hebrew verb way-yisa. To not be looked upon favorably means <img src="https://books.google.com/books/content?id=y8AjDrIkBG4C&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;img=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;edge=curl&amp;imgtk=AFLRE71tVqzzRYxM3k6TXpxdCaFOhH45w6XSkm-4nWSqzSZdFnXRqPhd63fNRDmTNaCCUHhAl1MuabBFFliK3tf2wjbwuqvLNJaJjtsdTYJFMbsIACVOqTmCyysbNAaEidgFdcgcZ41n" alt="Front Cover" style="float: right;" />that "Cain knew his sacrifice [<em>i.e.</em>, his&nbsp;offering] was not received <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">with favor</span></strong>." (James L. Kugel, <em>Traditions of the Bible at the Start of the Common Era</em> (Harvard University Press, 2009) at <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y8AjDrIkBG4C&amp;lpg=PA159&amp;ots=TtcuCE5hYs&amp;dq=wayyisa%20favor&amp;pg=PA159#v=onepage&amp;q=wayyisa%20favor&amp;f=false">page 159</a>.)</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">So Yahweh looked with FAVOR (Charis in Greek, Grace in English) upon Abel's offering. His offering came from the <strong><em>best part </em></strong>of his animals. However, while Cain brought an offering of produce, he did not make any special effort to bring the best produce. God did not look with FAVOR (Charis in Greek, Grace in English) upon Cain's offering. God then tells Cain why. Had Cain done what was "appropriate," he would have been "<em><strong>accepted</strong></em>," but as it is, obviously he did not and "sin is crouching near your doorway...." Thus, Cain was <strong><em>tempted by sin as he prepared the offering to cheapen it to ordinary produce</em></strong>. Now God was asking him whether he would "take dominion over it" -- over his sinful temptations -- that is REPENT / TURN AWAY from the sin tempting Cain even now to next kill Abel.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Does Jesus likewise speak about believers who do similar works as Cain did? For Cain's heart was clearly&nbsp;<img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTP4DBhRthYUPo2wLYn5su_2jyJZpNL_WltZfm_fBRe1phkv5Ij" alt="Image result for cain did not give his best" style="float: right;" /><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">lukewarm</span></strong> toward obeying and pleasing God. <strong>He tried to do just enough to pass a test of pleasing the Lord by an offering</strong>. As a result, Cain failed to receive ANY Grace ...any favor. Jesus directly addresses this issue in the Book of Revelation, as we next disuss.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1">Jesus' Jolt To the Lukewarm</span></strong></span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The contrast in Genesis 4 is clear: Cain and Abel each brought an offering but one was of the 'best part" of animals (Abel's) and one was of the average crops (Cain). &nbsp;Jesus spoke of similar lukewarm works. This is what Cain's mediocre offering represents. Jesus says He will "spew out of his mouth" those Christians whose works are "lukewarm." (</span><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-16.htm" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Rev 3:16.</a><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">This is where going the extra mile, <em>i.e.</em>,&nbsp;doing works that are beyond what sinners do anyway, shows you are zealous to please God. For this Jesus promises CHARIS -- GRACE -- FAVOR from God. Like Yahweh promised Cain, if you do what is "appropriate" -- you will be "accepted" by God. (Gen. 4:7.)</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">If you reject this requirement for GRACE, as did Cain, and you insist upon mediocre or no obedience as adequate in reliance upon Paul, you will find the judge on Judgment Day is Jesus, not Paul. Jesus will not quote Ephesians 2:8-9 to you on grace. Jesus will quote you Luke 6:32-34 and 17:9 on grace.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Without <strong>earning</strong> God's favor / grace by doing what is "appropriate," <em>i.e.</em>, zealous works,&nbsp;you, like Cain, will not be "accepted." Instead, Jesus already told you the result -- you have lukewarm works, and Jesus promises to "spew out of his mouth" the &nbsp;believers with such works. (Rev. 3:16.)</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">So, to repeat, what then earns favor / grace as Jesus taught it? Obedience that exceeds minimal deeds of obedience. It goes further and gives more than necessary in the direction of being loving to the unloveable, to help the poor who cannot help you, and to loan to those who cannot repay, and most importantly, to give your best effort when worshipping or honoring God, etc.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQSfTEYI4NaYpJUrgcLTiQsEovwke2GmAwbQCLjFlRLwKUxRw28" alt="Image result for a lie doesn't become truth" style="float: right;" /></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Obviously, the one who does not attempt to do anything at all has succumbed entirely to no zeal and no honor of Yahweh, and cannot be the recipient of FAVOR aka GRACE. With the lack of favor you show God, God will show you lack of favor. But with the FAVOR you show God, God will show you FAVOR. This is Jesus' view in Luke 6 and 17.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Paul's Different View</span></strong></h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Paul views grace differently. Paul says God's favor is not influenced at all by the quality of one's obedience. In fact, no action supposedly can influence God's favor at all! Instead Paul says God gives His favor / His grace by the mere fact of one's "belief" that you called on God's name and that Jesus rose from the dead. (Romans 10:8: 1 Cor. 15:1-4.) It is all about what you get (receive), and <strong><em>not about any thing you do (achieve</em></strong>). Paulinists relish in this depraved version of Jesus' grace - using the mantra that "those in grace are not the achievers but the receivers."<img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRf7DeERWSdbLGvDLd4C3kwReaIz9qhiyRggkLCcHjAVDzbQgnt" alt="Image result for if you love those who love you, what favor" style="float: right;" /></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">However, let's translate Paul's most famous words on grace using the word FAVOR next to the word Grace to help clear the confusion out of our brain.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span id="en-ISV-29233" class="text Eph-2-8" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1"><span id="en-ISV-29233" class="text Eph-2-8" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1">8&nbsp;</span>For by such grace / FAVOR you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-29233" class="text Eph-2-8" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1"></span><span id="en-ISV-29233" class="text Eph-2-8" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1"><span id="en-ISV-29233" class="text Eph-2-8" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1">9&nbsp;</span>and <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;" data-mce-mark="1">not the result of actions</span></strong>, to put a stop to all boasting.<span id="en-ISV-29233" class="text Eph-2-8" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A8-9#fen-ISV-29234a" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote a">a</a>] &nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A8-9">Eph 2:8-9 ISV, replacing "grace" with FAVOR.</a>)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Hence, if this were true, then the fact Abel gave from the excellent portion of his animals should have resulted in <strong><em>no favor different due to the differences in the offerings</em></strong>, otherwise similar to what Cain made. But this is Biblically untrue.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The principle of Ephesians 2:8-9 is also untrue because of Jesus' message about lukewarm works not sufficing. Jesus means it would be less insulting to God to profess no love for God and do nothing than to espouse your love and your faith, and then let God down on how you fail to zealously obey and honor him by your works. This is such common-sense that "Augustine recognized that not all striving for perfect obedience of the Law automatically implied an arrogant claim to perfection, citing the examples of Zachary and Elizabeth in the Gospel of Luke in, among other places, Sermon 169." (Veronic Koperski, <strong>What Are They Saying About Paul and the Law?</strong> (2001) at <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8WmTb5qEtgQC&amp;lpg=PA121&amp;dq=augustine%20sermon%20169&amp;pg=PA121#v=onepage&amp;q=augustine%20sermon%20169&amp;f=false">121</a>.)&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Thus, give God your best thoughtful worship and obedience! Do not give Yahweh-God a mediocre basket of fruit.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Otherwise, you are<em><strong> bringing God an offering much like Cain did, but what you hold back is materially important. </strong></em>You should know better, but you were fooled by a passage like Ephesians 2:8-9 that God supposedly does not care.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">This is why Jesus says THIS to the ones with lukewarm works: Jesus prefers they were either hot or cold, but <strong><em>it is far worse to do works of an inconsiderate nature</em></strong>, as did Cain. In either case, the believer with lukewarm works will end up in the same place as the non-believer with no works, but Jesus implied the one with lukewarm works would be punished even more because he or she knew better. "To the one who more is given, more is expected." &nbsp;(<a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-48.htm">Luke 12:48</a>.)&nbsp;</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Is Paul correct God would never imagine using merited grace for salvation because this leads to the sin of boasting?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's read Paul's words again in Ephesians 2:8-9 where he says this. You will see below how wrong-headed is the notion that the principle contained therein &mdash; faith alone &mdash; must necessarily be true because otherwise the sin of boasting would be unleashed:</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span id="en-ISV-29233" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1"><span id="en-ISV-29233" data-mce-mark="1">8&nbsp;</span>For by such grace / FAVOR you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God&nbsp;</span><span id="en-ISV-29233" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" data-mce-mark="1"><span id="en-ISV-29233" data-mce-mark="1">9&nbsp;</span>and&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><span data-mce-mark="1">not the result of actions</span>,</span> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">to put a stop to all boasting</span></strong>.<span id="en-ISV-29233" data-mce-mark="1">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A8-9#fen-ISV-29234a" style="color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: top; background: transparent;" title="See footnote a">a</a>] &nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A8-9" style="color: #517291;">Eph 2:8-9 ISV, adding to "grace" the word FAVOR.</a>)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">In Paul's way of thinking, Cain's jealousy for God's favor on his brother who did a better "work" &nbsp;-- an offering from the best of his flock -- was brought on by the mere fact Abel did more. Abel has done more works worthy of "boasting" -- <em><strong>although Abel did not in fact boast. </strong></em>What God requires to show favor may indeed have one doing more and better works than another, but this requirement of God <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">need not be erased to satisfy Paul's concern that such a principle promotes boasting</span></strong>. This can be proven from Genesis 4:7, as now explained.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">First, Abel won God's favor / grace by better works than Cain offered. What did God-Yahweh tell Cain about how to react to that different treatment? that difference in GRACE? that difference in FAVOR?</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Yahweh said&nbsp;<strong><em>it was up to Cain to "dominate" his jealousy and anger at the favor God showed Abel's better works.</em></strong>&nbsp;(Gen. 4:7.) It was not for Abel to decide to give a lower-quality offering so as not to provoke his brother to jealousy, or himself to boast.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Nor could Cain have justified himself to God by borrowing Paul's argument &nbsp;about the risk of boasting. For Cain could not excuse himself by telling God that he&nbsp;<em><strong>tempered his works for the Lord Yahweh for a good reason: to avoid his own risk of boasting</strong></em>. That would be a pathetic excuse for not zealously honoring and obeying God. Instead, God advised Cain that the solution to such risks is within Cain's grasp: God tells Cain to use self-control -- "take <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">dominion over it</span></strong>" (Gen. 4:7) -- to avoid the feeling of jealousy forming even then because God had shown favor / grace upon Abel, and not upon Cain.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The same principle applies to Abel if he were tempted to boast to his brother Cain. Abel too would have to "take dominion over it" rather than succumb to the temptation to give God an equally lousy offering as his brother Cain did. God does not want such <strong>silly</strong> excuses why zealous works are being <strong>avoided</strong>. It is up to us to do zealous works, and then use self-control about the aftermath.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Thus, Paul's notion is nonsensical that God cannot show favor or grace based upon more merit for one&rsquo;s Works because otherwise this necessarily risks boasting. God's command to Cain to "take dominion over it" - over jealousy forming -- is the antidote both to Cain -- from jealousy - and for Abel -- from boasting. Yahweh-God wants to be honored by zealous works that will merit His favor / grace. God does not have to give grace / favor without requiring merit, contrary to Paul's view, as the only supposed means to avoid the risk of improper sinful reactions. Rather, God's principle of grace upon merit stands. It is up to us to use self-control to neither boast nor be jealous thereafter. This is the lesson of Genesis 4:7.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Paul was wrong about grace. Jesus was right about grace. Yahweh was right about grace. Moses was right about grace. What is the consequence of the modern church following the way of a Pharisee who has grace all mixed up? The modern church has often become twice the sons of hell by following wrong doctrines of the Pharisees (which includes Paul). Jesus warned us that the leaven of the Pharisees would make us twice the sons of hell which the Pharisees represented. (<a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-15.htm">Matt 23:15</a>.)</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000;">From now on, re-examine all your actions with this principle above in mind. As an example, let's take worship. This is where Cain's mistake specifically took place. Praise songs are a type of offering we make to God.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Do you have a choice between a worship song praising Yahweh by name versus one that uses the word "God" instead? Which one do you think is more pleasing to Yahweh? The answer is obvious if you read Exodus 3:15:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0px 0px 10px; color: #494a44; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel:&nbsp;<strong>Yahweh</strong>, the God of your ancestors--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you. This is my eternal name,&nbsp;<strong>my name to remember for all generations</strong>. (<a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/3-15.htm" style="color: #000000;">NLT</a>).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;">And this passage from Jeremiah:</span></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/23-26.htm" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; background: #fdfeff;">26</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?&nbsp;</span><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/23-27.htm" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; background: #fdfeff;">27</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">who think to <em><strong>cause my people to forget my nam</strong></em>e by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal [i.e. used Baal / Lord instead of Yahweh]? &nbsp;(Jer 23:26-27.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;">So in keeping with the principle that you do not offer a mediocre bowl of fruit to Yawheh any more, then try to find the best praise songs to sing. It is more thoughtful to think about what pleases God-Yahweh. Here are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zY3odoE5E&amp;list=PL_rAGn4C7an-OBWTc6qJhNmwJaF5LiUIn" style="color: #000000;">links</a> to good quality praise songs to Yawheh by name as well as for Yahshua.</span></p>
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