September 10, 2019
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today is from the book of Ephesians 2:8 , ” by grace you have been saved. Through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that we have been saved by grace. It is a simple but profound statement about the gift of God. That He has given to humanity. It is the gift of God, and not of our works that we should boast. However God loved us so much that He extended mercy to us while we were yet sinners by mercifully giving us this new life, through Jesus Christ. Like Christ he has raised us up together so that one day we all will sit together in Heaven. Some claim that the gift of God is faith. The Bible says, Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, without the power or grace to believe no man can ever believe that we have been saved by grace through faith. It is certainly true, that faith is the gift of God. It is a process that takes place in the mind. With the help of the Holy Spirit, that produces salvation. We believe that through the grace of God we shall be saved. Grace is the moving cause of salvation, while faith is only the instrument by which it is laid hold of. Grace is love that stoops and that requites not according to desert, but bestows upon those who deserve, nothing of the kind.
So when the Apostle declares that the source of salvation is grace, he declares that the fountain of all our deliverance from sin, and of our healing of our sickness lies in the deep heart of God from which it springs, up not by anything except His own infinite loving kindness. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. Dear brothers and Sisters, have you received the free gift of salvation. Do you realize that you have been saved freely by the grace of God. Because God has forgiven all your past sins that were previously committed in order to demonstrate His righteousness. For the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. As it is written, The just shall live by faith. May the Lord help you to live in faith.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for helping us to understand that we have been saved by grace through faith. Help us to grow in the grace and knowledge of God. And equip ourselves well in scripture for every good work. Teach us to stand firm in the faith and be strong. Let not our faith rest upon mens wisdom, but on God’s power. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
