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Ephesians 2:8-10

Saved by grace

Read Psalms 34:1-22

One of the great texts on salvation by the grace of God is Ephesians 2:8-10. The apostle Paul, writing under divine inspiration, says, ‘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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.’ In these three verses of Scripture Paul tells us how God saves sinners, why he save sinners the way he does and what the sure results of God’s saving grace is.

How does God save sinners? ‘By grace are ye saved through faith.’ Salvation, front start to finish, is the work of God’s free grace in Christ. Grace planned the way of salvation by the substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace chose those who would be saved in eternal election. Grace brought the Lord Jesus Christ down from heaven to die in our place at Calvary. Grace calls sinners to Christ by irresistible power. Grace gives us life. Grace preserves us in life. And grace will present us holy and without blame before the presence of his glory in heaven. All the many blessings of grace in salvation come to all of God’s elect ‘through faith’. Faith is not our savior. Christ alone is the Savior of his people. But faith in Christ is essential to salvation. Each of God’s elect look to Christ in faith and receive salvation. Each of God’s elect look to Christ in faith and receive salvation from him. Faith is the channel through which salvation comes. ‘And that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.’ Paul is telling us that grace is the gift of God, salvation is the gift of God and faith is the gift of God. None of these things are to be attributed to us. We believe according to the working of God’s mighty power within us. Faith is not the work of the sinner. It is the work of God in the sinner.

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