SALVATION WITHOUT WORKS
Joel Finck
Scripture
Reading: Romans 4:5
Many is the
time we have shared the gospel of Christ's finished work on the
cross with a "religious" person and had them respond by
saying, "Oh, I believe that." Yet deep within our heart,
we wonder whether the person has truly been saved. Of course, only
the Lord knows their true spiritual condition. Are those who say
they believe in Christ's death, burial and resurrection, yet
continue in their old religious practices, really saved? The answer
lies in our text: "But to him that worketh not, but believeth
on him thatjustifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness" (Romans 4:5).
There are
countless religious people who have been taught and may truly
believe that Christ died for their sins. They may even have a firm
conviction that He indeed was buried in the tomb of Joseph of
Arimathaea and that He actually rose from the dead. If they are
still putting one ounce of trust in their own human works for
salvation, then they can not possibly be saved, according to the
teaching of Romans 4:5-"to him that worketh not, but believeth
.... " This is the person who, like Paul, has come to realize
that his own goodness and religious fervor avails nothing before a
holy God. "But what things were gain to me, those I counted
loss for Christ" (Philippians 3:7).
When we
share the gospel with "religious" people, we must be
careful to tell them to place all their faith in Christ and not in
their own works; so that they might "be found in him [Christ],
not having [their] own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith" (Philippians 3:9).
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