Saved by grace through faith

"The most damnable and pernicious hersey that has ever plagued the mind of a man is that somehow he can make himself good enough to deserve to live forever with an all-holy God." ~ Martin Luther

 Although,  as believers, we are created in Christ Jesus unto good works (to help & serve others), our salvation is not the result of any of our efforts, abilities or acts of service. While there is nothing that we can do to earn salvation, God's intention is that our salvation will result in acts of service. We are not saved only for our own benefit, but also to serve Christ and build up the church. Our righteous acts do not produce salvation but are, in fact, evidence of our salvation. We must recognize that even our righteous acts come as a result of God within us, not of ourselves.

 It is impossible to please God without faith (Heb.11:6). There is no righteousness that can make us right with God except for the righteousness of Christ. We can not produce any righteousness in our own strength. We need the imputed righteousness of Christ. The way to get that imputed righteousness is to Have FAITH in Jesus! TRUST! Stop trusting in yourself, other people, an organized religion, or your works! Trust in JESUS! Then you will be born again. He will make you new, transform you, give you a new heart with new desires. Then, as born again believers, it will be possible to please God by his grace.

 It is important to understand that there is dead faith, and there is true faith. Dead faith will not save you. You will not become born again with dead faith. If you say you believe but are not trusting Jesus and are, in fact, living for yourself and not for him...you are doing things your way instead of his way...trusting in yourself, your good works, a church/organized religion,  and/or other people to take part in saving you, then that is dead faith...because you are not putting your faith in Jesus, you are not trusting him. True faith involves: Trust, committment & love. You are fully relying on JESUS alone to save you...you have nothing to offer...all you have is your faith in Jesus. Right before Jesus died on the cross he said: IT IS FINISHED! He did the work...all we can do is accept the free gift of grace through FAITH in Jesus! The only way for us to become righteous is to take on the righteousness of Christ by admitting that we are not righteous, we are sinners, accepting Christ's death on the cross for our payment for sins and believing that Jesus can make us new!<--This is true faith! We cannot make ourselves right, that is why Jesus came here & died on the cross for us!

Have confidence in God...in his faithfulness, his truth, his wisdom & his promises!

This video is AWESOME!!! Must watch!

 

Going over bible verses

 

You can also check out a previous post: Faith works & salvation