We Are Justified By Faith And Not By Works

 The important message that Paul is sharing here is that We Are Justified By Faith And Not By Works. We are saved by believing the Word of God and not by the keeping of the works of the Law. Paul wants to make a clear distinction between salvation as a gift of God's grace and salvation as a work of man's flesh.
 Throughout Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, we see that salvation is not a reward for good works but is always given by believing the Word of God. We are not justified because we merit God's favor through keeping the Law, but through faith. Justification by grace through faith is not a new way to be saved.
 A reward for something we do is not the same as a free gift of God's grace. What we believe and Paul quotes from Genesis 15:6 to emphasis that salvation ALWAYS has and always will be by grace through faith in God.
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that our salvation does not depend on what we have done but on what we believe. Thank You that we are not saved by what we do, but by what Christ has done on our account. Thank You that we are saved by grace through faith in the death, burial, and Resurrection of Christ. May we also live every day of our lives by grace through faith and may our prideful self remain nailed to the Cross, as the life of Christ works through us, to Your praise and glory. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.