Note how IMMEDIATELY after stating emphatically that, we are saved only by grace and not by
works (we can give "nothing"in exchange for our soul), the Apostle tells us what we were created for -
good works. He who through faith does good works IS good, and He who is good knows the only one
that is good, God.
We are not saved because of our works, but we will not be saved without good works. The one who
does not attempt to do good is not a Christian, and God does not know him.
Á-°Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see
the Son of man coming in his kingdom.Á-?
This is a reference to the upcoming Transfiguration. We will celebrate it very soon.
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