WHAT pleasure the children have in their humble home while dear grandma stays with them, and they have their boat in the tub of water. Whichever one blows the hardest gains the day, and so the little boat is driven back and forth in the tub. There is a lesson we may learn from this little boat, and it is that we must not yield to everything that comes along. We must have a standard to go by, and that is the Word of God. Someone comes and tells us we must pray, and do good works to be saved. Another tells us we must keep the commandments in order to be saved. Another says we must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. It is evident we cannot believe them all, or be going from one to the other. What shall we do when we hear all kind of things as to how we should be saved? Who are we to believe? I trust each one of you can readily answer, Believe the Word of God.
The jailor at Philippi was much troubled about his soul, and he said to Paul and Silas, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They answered him, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:30, 3130And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:30‑31).
The Scriptures answer also as to our works having nothing to do with saving us, for it says “BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.” Eph. 2:8, 98For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8‑9).
Then again, bringing before us our works and salvation, it says, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.” Titus 3
We can readily see by these scriptures that it is by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we are saved, and not by any thing we can do. Jesus is the Savior, and all the praise must go to Him. Our works follow as a result of being saved, and as response from these hearts of ours for all that He has done for us.
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