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Salvation By Grace Through Faith
Trying to be saved by keeping the law
and being saved by grace are two
entirely different approaches.
Chr ist’s
provision for our salvation will not help
us if we are trying to save ourselves.
Obeying the law does not make it any
easier for God to save us. All we can do is
accept His grace through faith.
Romans 11:6:
And if by grace, then is it
no more of works: otherwise grace is no
more grace. But if it be of works, then it is
no more grace: otherwise work is no
more work.
Let me explain. The law, or our works,
was never meant to be the means of our
salvation. God’s word was meant to
show us our need for salvation. Galatians
3:24 says,
Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
In our human nature, we tend to want to
do good things to help us to salvation. It
might be getting baptized, belonging to a
church, saying your prayers, helping
someone in need or whatever it might be;
it’s not the same thing for everyone.
These are all well and good, but if you are
doing it to get God’s approval and
acceptance for salvation it is deceiving.
Beware of people who say we need to
do more than believe in Christ to be
saved.
When people set up additional
requirements for salvation, they deny the
power of Christ’s death on the cross. You
see, salvation is something that Jesus
already accomplished; it is finished! It is
a free gift, waiting for whoever accepts
Jesus and the payment He made for sin
when He died on the cross.
For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish
(in
Hell),
but have everlasting life (starting
today and going on forever)
(John 3:16).
Beware of people who say, “Don’t read
your Bible too much.”
2 Timothy 3:15 says,
And that from a
child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
which are able to make thee wise unto
salvation through faith which is in Christ
Jesus.
Acts 17:11 states that the Berean Jews
received the word with all readiness of
mind, and searched the scriptures daily.
Beware of people who say, “You
can’t know whether or not you are
saved.”
I John 5:13 says,
These things have I
written unto you . . . that ye may know
that ye have eternal life. . .
Read Ephesians 2:8-9, which says in
part,
For by grace are ye saved
(the free
gift)
through faith;
Faith in what? In His
blood. Faith in His finished work on the
cross. Faith that He died, that He rose
again for our sins.
and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
—An Amish Sister
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