SAVED
BY GRACE
Robert E.
Hanna
Scripture Reading:
Ephesians 2:8-10
"For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of
God: not of works, lest any man should boast." Many who blindly
seek to find favor with God are engaged in a constant search for
ways in which they can pay their way into heaven by doing. They try
one approach after another, looking for some kind of work to perform
which will earn their salvation, inquiring hither and yon, asking of
this one and that one: "What can I do to win eternal life?"
The Philippianjailor
asked of Paul and Silas, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And
they said, BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, and thou shalt be
saved" (Acts 16:30, 31). Plainly, there was no instruction as
to any work to be performed, no law to be obeyed or ritual to be
observed. Simply BELIEVE. Human nature finds this to be incongruous.
Surely, one must work for any bestowal of benefit or blessing.
God's Word makes it clear
that one cannot obtain salvation by works. What, then, are we to do
after having believed and become a member of the Church which is the
Body of Christ? Do we sit on our hands and wallow in the security
of our spiritual blessings? By no means! Should we not work? Not
only should we work if we are truly saved, but we will be untrue to
the faith if we do not work. "For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus UNTO GOOD WORKS, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them."
"[Christ] gave
Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto Himself a peculiar people, ZEALOUS OF GOOD WORKS"
(Tituszna). "For it is God that worketh in you both to will and
to do of His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
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God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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