Richland Baptist Temple Blog
Ephesians 2:8,9. For by grace are ye saved through faith; And that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.
First of all, what is grace? It is undeserved favor. We don’t earn it or deserve it. It is freely given. An acronym I learned many years ago:
God’s
Redemption
At
Christ’s
Expense.
And what is faith? Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
So these verses say that by God’s grace and our belief in Jesus we can have the gift of salvation. We have done nothing to earn this gift. We only have to believe and receive. It is not performance based. We can’t say ‘look what I’ve done’. It is God’s free gift to us.
If you haven’t accepted this gift, do it today.