By grace are ye saved.
“If by grace, then it is no more of works.”
(Rom. 11:6.)
“Justified freely by His grace.” (Rom. 3:24.)
Through faith.
“The just shall live by faith.” (Rom. 1:17.)
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” (John 3:36.)
“By Him all that believe are justified from all things.” (Acts 13:39.)
Not of works.
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.”
(Titus 3:5.)
“To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” (Rom. 4:4.)
“By the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” (Gal. 2:16.)
By the fountain of God’s grace—through the channel of my faith in God; not by my works.
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SETTLING ACCOUNTS.
THE Christian’s heart is his purse, and love is his money. He is bidden, Owe no man anything but love. Let the man who loves you have it back in his own coin ; and to him whose purse is empty of love, yet heavy with unkindness, give such abundance of the heavenly coin that he may be shamed into a settlement of his accounts.