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W EEK LY WOR D FOR DAILY LIVING
and cross of Jesus Christ. By receiving Christ. Your faith in the
Lord Jesus atones for your sins. That is justifying faith.
To be justified means you are forgiven and made right with God,
and you are righteous in God’s sight. Justified means you are just
as if you never sinned.
The Gift from God
Our works, no matter how many and wonderful they may be,
will never, never, remove our sins. And our good deeds will never
get us into heaven. Never. We are not saved by works. We are not
saved by keeping the sacraments. Salvation by works is a human
invention. We are saved by faith. It is a gift of God. A gift is free
not earned.
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you
can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not
a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can
boast about it.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)
Perhaps the best way we know what we really believe (about
going to heaven) is by asking: ‘What do we trust when the time
comes to die?’ If you knew that you were going to die tomorrow,
is it possible to be saved? Most importantly, can you know today
for certainty and assurance that you will be with God in heaven?
You can.
The apostle John wrote his letter and gives the reason for writing
it: ‘I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of
God so that you may know that you have eternal life’ (1 John 5:13).
Please understand and see the reason for his letter. John wanted
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