What Is It That Saves A Soul?
Ephesians 2:8
Multitudes of people perish in their sins and are lost forever in hell,
because they are ignorant of the answer to this all important question. They
thought that salvation came by religious heredity, by their good works, by
baptism, by religious training, or by emotional experience. But, Paul tells us
plainly, "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves
it is the gift of God."
Salvation Is A Work
Of Free And Almighty Grace. Our salvation was accomplished by the Lord
Jesus Christ. He loved us and chose us to be his own people. He lived upon the
earth as our Representative, working out a perfect righteousness for us. He
suffered and died as our Substitute at
This Salvation Must
Be Received By Faith. If you and I would enjoy the blessings or grace,
salvation, and eternal life, we must come to Christ as guilty sinners by faith,
relying upon him alone as our Savior. Faith
does not save us. But without faith there is no salvation. The promise is to
them that believe. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved!"
Salvation And Faith Is
A Gift Of God. We do not
have the power to believe according to our own freewill. Faith, which receives
Christ's salvation, is the faith of the operation of God. It is the gift of
God. Faith in Christ is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. It is the result of the
new birth. It is not the cause of life, but it is the first evidence of life.
Don Fortner