1 Cor 15:10 "I labored... yet not I, but the grace of God with me"
By grace, through faith. A correlation exists.
Faith is yielded affection. And this faith calls all attention to grace and magnifies it.
Heart Longings: Attention, Power, Excitement, Esteem [Love and Calling - see Romans 1:7; 8:28]
Grace continues.... Isaiah 41:10 "...I am with you... I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you"
Abraham's Faith was confidence in the wisdom and power and trustworthiness of God to do what he had promised.
Faith is for justification and sanctification - not only for eternal salvation, but also for provision of daily needs and guidance.
Hodge: Justification is an ACT of God, and Sanctification is a WORK of God.
When God's grace flows, we get the joy and He gets the glory.
Spurgeon - "We shall bring our Lord most glory if we get from Him much grace" (through faith).
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