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Salvation Is for Sinners
At a funeral recently the speaker made the following statement during the service:
“Salvation is not earned by the righteous, it is a gift to the sinner.”
How true this is! The Lord Himself confirmed it when He said, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:32). He also said, “They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick” (Luke 5:31).
I hope that there are no readers of this calendar that think they can work their way to Heaven or earn salvation through good works. The Bible clearly states, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us” (Titus 3:5).
No, it is only by the grace of God and as a result of the work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross that we can be saved. “For 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” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Salvation is a free gift, not a paycheck for good works!
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