Salvation Is of the Lord

From: Echoes of Grace: 1981

Salvation is:

By the will of God: Hebrews 10:7-10⁷Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. ⁸Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; ⁹Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. ¹⁰By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:7‑10); also 2 Peter 3:9⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9).

Through the work of Christ: Hebrews 10:10¹⁰By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:10); Romans 5:8⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8); 1 Corinthians 15:3³For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; (1 Corinthians 15:3).

By the witness of the Holy Ghost: Hebrews 10:15, 17¹⁵Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, (Hebrews 10:15)
¹⁷And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (Hebrews 10:17).

How simple is the gospel of God's love and grace! God wants us to be saved. Christ died to save us. The Holy Ghost comes and tells us we are saved. The whole thing is of God. Man's only part is to believe and receive and enjoy this wondrous outflow of divine love.

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