Not only is salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, it is in Christ alone. According to the Bible we must understand that Jesus is not A way to God, He is THE way to God! Heaven is the place that God dwells and it is His choice the means to enter His Kingdom. We must understand that it is not built on works (Titus 3:5), nor our interpretation (Romans 1:22), it is determined by God’s own design. The glory of that design is that it is not subject to interpretation, but God has made it very clear to us His plan and purpose. Why would God choose to redeem a people for Himself? Ephesians 2:10 tells us that “we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” God does not manifest His grace to us, only to allow us the privilege of going to heaven, God manifests His grace to us because He has a plan to use our lives to accomplish His purposes in this realm. We are told in 1 Corinthians 1:21 “…it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those … READ MORE

Not only is salvation by grace ALONE, it is through faith ALONE! Our response to the grace of God is faith, but even that is not of ourselves according to Ephesians 2:8 faith is “the gift of God” Faith is nothing we do in our own power or by our own resources. If faith were ours, then it would become our works and we would have some ground to boast in ourselves. When we accept the finished work of Christ on our behalf, we act by faith supplied by God’s grace. When a person’ heart stops beating, there is nothing he can do to make it restart, for all intents and purposes he is dead: If he is going to live again, someone outside of himself, has to start his heart again! A person who is spiritually dead cannot even make a decision of faith unless God first breathes into him the breath of spiritual life. Faith is simply breathing the breath that God’s grace supplies. The paradox of faith is that we must exercise it and bear the responsibility if we do not (John 5:40). The reason we are save by grace ALONE through faith ALONE is so that … READ MORE

The Bible tells us that salvation is by Grace ALONE! Grace is unmerited favor, or receiving something that you did not ear or deserve. It is an act of the will, grace is the choice, and mercy is the action that grows out of grace. Jeremiah 31:3 is directed specifically at the people of Israel, but it includes those who have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We must understand that God freely binds himself to us to be our God, and He binds us to himself as our God. God is not forced to show us grace, He does so freely. No longer is God our enemy: He stands with us against our real enemies so effectively that “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). We must recognize that all this is possible because of the Work of Jesus Christ, not because of our goodness (Titus 3:5). Because God’s grace is free, and based on His choice: He does not love us more when we are good, and less when we are sinful, this is not an excuse to sin, but is a example of His commitment to us. Throughout the Bible we … READ MORE