P-DUB

 

This week with the P-DUB I wanted to look at a few short passages about our salvation.

Titus 3:4,5a But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.

Romans 4:4,5 Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

2Timothy 1:9 God, who saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.

Ephesians 2:8,9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

It is good to know that God has taken care of our salvation! Can you imagine what it would be like if God required works for our salvation? How would we ever know if we had done enough good works? We should be thankful that God has taken care of everything. Knowing that we are saved by God's grace should produce good works in our lives, not in order to be saved, but because we are saved!
When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.(Acts 16:30b,31a) All that is required is that we believe, Jesus will do the rest!

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