Posts Tagged ‘salvation’
The believer’s primary victory in salvation is victory over sin. The unbeliever may approach Christ with the burden of guilt, sinful, dishonorable habits or lifestyle etc., believing that Christ’s acceptance of him implies that all is forgiven and he is justified to begin a brand new life. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he [...]
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I would never have taken that first step When he called: “I am the Lord, come out to me” But then my little boat was against the storm no help It would eventually have given me up to the depths of the sea. And so like a man with neither hope nor anything else to [...]
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When we were swallowed in sin and swollen in pride The saviour loved us; When the gulf between us and him grew ever so wide His heart reached out to us.
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Why does Paul refer to salvation as a free gift (Rom 5:15-18)? It is because we don’t have to deserve it or earn it, to receive it. In fact, the cost of salvation was far too dear, for any man to be worthy of it. It is neither the reward of faith nor the wages of righteousness, but, the trophy that Christ won on our behalf, paying the price to remit our sin with his own blood on the cross – because he loved us.
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This was my first post on the Everyday Christian Blog and so you can understand why I felt a flush in my veins, under the skin of my face while writing it … [now, that's just a joke , ok?]. Anyway, I thought starting a religious blog with some statements about my belief system and [...]
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