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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