Only By Grace

Good Morning!! There is such a thing as having a form of Christianity, which is merely “churchianity,” ...where you’re comfortable and casual, but you don’t know Jesus! It’s not enough to just know about Him,...you must KNOW Him! If we could just get our prepositions correct, we would have it, wouldn’t we? We are saved BY what? Grace. THROUGH what? Faith. And it’s not because of who you are, or how much money you have, what kind of status you hold, or how much good you’ve done in the last five years. It is all because of the unmerited love of God who gave us a precious gift through Jesus’ death on the cross,...salvation.

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.—John 10:9 (NIV)

Works are not the way to Jesus, but instead Jesus is the way to works. When we truly know Jesus and trust complete in Him, then out of the abundant life we will serve and work for good unto His glory. You’re most important job as a Christian is to stay close to Jesus, and the rest of what you do in this abundant life is a by-product of that blessing.

" For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourself; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)

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Holy Spirit, help us to stay focused on what we do, and for whom we do it. Any good we do, is because of our relationship with Jesus. All that we have, and all that we do is only by the grace of God. Amen.

" Anger, hate, and revenge imprisons us,...only forgiveness sets us free."