Today’s Scripture…
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Thoughts…
You do not deserve grace. You never deserved grace, you will never deserve grace. Yet, God gives you grace. He just freely hands it out because He loves you.
Grace however, is not a free get out of jail (consequences) card. It does not mean I get to do what I want, when I want, just because I want. Then go back to God and expect God to just look the other way. That little word faith plays a part in it. You see we all screw up. We make mistakes. The differnce between us and that person in the paragraph above is our faith. Faith is a belief in God. It is a strong hold on a belief. Part of our belief is a striving to be more like God. It is our desire to do what is right in the eyes of God. It is our belief that we love God with all our heart and love our neighbors.
Let me put it this way. Faith without works is dead. No faith means no salvation through grace. Our works don’t earn us grace, Faith changes our focus on the desire to do the right works and grace covers our mistakes while we try to do what is right.
Prayer…
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