The apostle Paul says this in Ephesians 2:8,9: 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Let’s notice in Ephesians 2:8 that the apostle Paul speaks of our salvation in the past tense, “you have been saved”, with a present …
