THE POWER OF FAITH

For by grace are ye saved through faith—. Ephesians 2:8

Man is an odd creature. Even God can’t please some people. Doesn’t it seem strange to you that the same people who complain that the way to salvation is too complex  and that “nobody can know for sure”, also claim that salvation through faith alone is too simple and easy? They say,”I can’t believe it. There’s got to be more to it than that!” If that describes you, consider these words from the pen of J. Gresham Machen:

Acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ, as He is offered to us in the gospel of His redeeming work, is saving faith. Despairing of any salvation to be obtained by our own efforts, we simply trust in Him to save us; we say no longer, as we contemplate the Cross, merely ‘He saved others’ or ‘He saved the world’ or ‘He saved the Church’; but we say, every one of us, by the strange individualizing power of faith, ‘He loved me and gave Himself for me.’

When a man once says that, in his heart and not merely with his lips, then no matter what his guilt may be, no matter how far he is beyond any human pale, not matter how little opportunity he has for making good the evil that he has done, he is a ransomed soul, a child of God forever.

Although at great cost to Him, God could not make salvation any easier–“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life—“(John 3:36). Those who believe otherwise are wrong–they are arguing against God and calling Him a liar. So, who are you going to believe? Trust Him today and He will give you “everlasting life”!