We Are Saved, Salvation

Good Morning,...and(TGIF) Thank God I'm Forgiven!! Are we saved?,...and if we are saved,...how were we saved? More importantly, why was we saved? Was it because we were more spiritually sensitive,...morally disciplined,...or personally worthy than our unsaved neighbor, or co-worker? Paul reminds us here that it was God, Who quickened (gave life to) us, when we were still spiritually dead in our sins. It was not we, who loved God,...but God, Who first loved us. It was not we who reached out for God,...but God, Who reached out for us. It was not we who took hold of God,...but God, Who took hold of us.

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)—Ephesians 2:5 (KJV)

 

Not by our works, not by wisdom, not by worth,...but by grace we were saved. The very use of the word "grace", tells us that the motivation for salvation, was not in us,...but in God Himself. Grace is "unmerited favor" (or, in our case, de-merited favor). Not only did we not deserve salvation,...but we deserve hell,...because of our sins.

 

Because God loves us so,...HE has dealt graciously, with us.

So the real question for us, then is not "What can I do to deserve salvation?",
...but rather, "What response does our free, and gracious salvation, really deserve?"

 

"Take sin seriously,...God does."