Grace Always Proceeds Obedience

I am reading over the introduction to the Decalogue (The 10 Commandments) this morning and notice something important for us about the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. Exodus chapter 20 verse one starts out...

"And God spoke all these words: 'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt; out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.'" 

God begins with grace; He is the Lord who brings his people out of slavery. Then he proceeds to the law; He is the Lord who desires their obedience to the 10 Commandments.

Grace proceeds Law in the New Testament as well...

Ephesians 2:8-10~"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith –and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

Salvation has always been the same ever since the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden. Grace first, then obedience. If we get these two flipped around, we will find ourselves believing a different gospel, which is no gospel at all.

Galatians 1:6-7a~ "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel – 7 which is really no gospel at all..."