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How do we know that God's grace is essential for salvation?

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God's sovereign grace is essential for salvation as it is through His initiative and unmerited favor that we are saved, and not by anything we can do.

Grace is foundational to the doctrine of salvation, indicating that it is God's gracious choice to save a people for Himself based on His own purpose, not on any merit of their own. In passages like 1 Samuel 12:22, we see that it pleases God to choose a people based solely on His grace. God's election and His provision of faith to accept Christ are clear indications that without His grace, there would be no hope for salvation. Ephesians 2:8-9 also reassures us that it is by grace we have been saved through faith, and that not of ourselves; it is the gift of God, stressing our complete reliance on His sovereign grace.
Scripture References: 1 Samuel 12:22, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:24, Genesis 6:8, Psalms 106:8, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 11:5, 2 Timothy 1:9, Romans 6:17, Matthew 9:12-13, Romans 5:8, Joshua 24, Ephesians 1:4-6, Romans 3:23-24, Ezekiel 37, Luke 4:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Romans 11:6, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Ezekiel 16:8, Romans 9:16, Romans 9:15, Romans 5:1-2, Romans 3:23, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:4-5, Ephesians 2:8-10, Acts 9:15, Job 6:24-27

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