“Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.” (CSB – Read the chapter)
How does salvation work? Who is responsible for it? Does God do all of it and we are just passive participants, or do we play some kind of a role? How much of a role? This is a question and debate that has challenged the church since its inception. Some theologians and interpreters have leaned hard into one side; others have landed squarely on the other. So, which is it? Paul doesn’t give us an answer here. Instead he ratchets up the tension on us. Let’s talk about what’s going here.
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