Saved By Grace

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

"But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved."  Acts  15:11

     Paul and Barnabas had been preaching the marvelous doctrine of salvation by grace, when certain men came down from Judea to Antioch to spy out their liberty.  These legalists said,  "Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved."  It was an attempt to add law to grace, and it caused a tremendous stir and division.  The missionary work had to be stopped and the whole matter threshed out at a special council in Jerusalem, where Paul and Barnabas were completely exonerated of any false teaching.

     Today there are still such legalists who are ever expounding their own erroneous doctrines.  They feel they are doing God a service, but actually they are a serious impediment to the work of the Gospel.  Nothing delights satan more than to confuse men concerning the simple plan of salvation; for once the poor sinner realizes that Heaven and forgiveness are by grace plus nothing, his burdened soul soon finds rest in Christ

     Dr. Ironside frequently told the story concerning the conversion of Evangelist A. Stewart because it so well illustrated the delusion under which unsaved individuals labor in their efforts to find peace with God. Stewart, under deep conviction of sin, was told to simply believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, but he mistakenly thought that this was far too easy, so he went about according to his own ideas.  He joined a church, sang in the choir, and became quite a worker.  He hoped in all these things to gain salvation, but there was no inner satisfaction, no peace.  One day, as he was reading the parable of the sower, he came tot he words,  "Then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved." Stewart threw down his bible and said,  "Well, will you look at that!  Even the devil knows that man will be saved if he just believes!"  That day he settled it and turned to Christ, trusting Him as Saviour.

     Yes, God saves men by grace, apart from the works of the law!

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