Salvation
By Charles Wages
"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." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Grace
is simply God's willingness to do something for us that we cannot do for
ourselves. It is often said that God helps them that help themselves, however,
the important thing is that God helps them that cannot help themselves! This is
where God's grace really is evident.
If
there should be one area in which man proves his helplessness, it is in trying
to save himself from sin. "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). Also, that "all have
sinned" (Romans 3:23). Therefore all men are subject to
death because of sin. What can sinful man do about it? The answer is—nothing!
What can God do about it? He can cleanse us from all sin!
The
Scripture says, "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23). "Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose the third
day according to the scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). God's grace is so
bountiful that it overabounds all our sin. Romans 5:20 tells us, "Moreover the law
entered, that the offence might abound, but where sin abounded, grace did much
more abound." Yes, God saves us by His grace, keeps us by His grace,
teaches us by His grace, and by His grace we shall appear with Him in the glory
(Titus 2:11-14).
Dear
Friend, and reader of this, please keep in mind that, doing the best you can,
changing your ways, joining a church, becoming religious, or whatever, will
never save your soul. However, if you will simply trust His grace to save you
from your helpless, hopeless condition, He will.
"Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31)
"For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
"Now
to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to
him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his
faith is counted for righteousness." (Romans 4:4-5)
Someday
the silver cord will break And I no more as now shall sing: But oh, the joy
when I shall wake, Within the palace of the King! And I shall see Him face to
face And tell the story, saved by grace.
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