“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”- Eph. 2:8
Just about everyone in America is familiar with the grand old hymn “Amazing Grace”. You hear it almost everywhere – in churches and honkytonks, at weddings and funerals. The sad thing is that so few have understood and received God’s saving grace. What is it? Man has tried to define grace in many ways, such as – “God giving us what we need rather than what we deserve”, “The unmerited favor of God toward sinful man”, or “God’s love in action”. While all those are true they do not tell the whole story. Not being able to understand the depths of our sinfulness, nor the degree of God’s holiness, it is impossible for us to fully understand or define God’s saving grace.
But one thing is perfectly clear – “by grace are ye saved“. Salvation is “the gift of God”, not something we earn. Because of what Jesus did the vilest sinner can be saved “through faith” in the Lord Jesus Christ. Although by nature we are “dead in trespasses and sins” ( 2:1), walking “according to the course of this world” (2:2), and “the children of wrath” (2:3), “by grace ye are saved” ( 2:5). As Paul said in Rom. 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. Is that not amazing? That glorious gift is available to you right now, and to all who will receive God’s grace “through faith“. Have you? Will you? If you are a stranger to God’s saving grace you can find a Friend in Jesus by trusting in His shed blood as the atonement for your sin. Thank God for His amazing grace! –HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
